The Pike was a street a mile long, solidly lined with amusements, more varied, more elaborate and more costly than any previous exposition had ever contained. The broad interior street did not extend the entire length of the Pike, but turned south at the two ends, which made wide entrances,which with additional smaller entrances at convenient points. The Eastern entrance was marked with the statue "Cowboys Shooting Up A Western Town" by Fredrick Remington. In this famous street, some fifty entertainments had been installed, at a total cost of several millions. An army of attendants cared for these exhibitions, and people from far and from near contributed to the entertainment. When night came, and the exhibit palaces were closed, the throng was on the Pike. Everyone on the grounds, took a stroll down the Pike, to see the life and motion and color and light, to hear the bands and listen to the ingenious gentlement whose wits were sharpened in the competition for patronage, and whose vocal powers, assisted by megaphones, vied successfully with the brass bands. It was an inspiring spectacle -- fifty or a hundred thousand people ceaselessly moving, the wise and the simple, the great and the humble, all pleased and happy, care-free and safe.
The above photo is looking east along the Pike. The building on the left is the Scenic Railway and the buildng on the right is the Battle Abby
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This is not a complete list of Pike consessions more
will be added
Baby Incubators
Creation
Fair Japan
The Galveston Flood
New York to the North Pole
The Scenic Railway
The Temple of Mirth
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