Gustav Dentzel sets up his first American carousel in Philadelphia, PA, circa 1860's. His father Michael sent him and his brothers across the Atlantic to the United States on a sailing ship with a carousel in the ship's hold. This was one of the first carousels in the western hemisphere.

Michael Dentzel travels with his whole family around southwest Germany during the summer season visiting fairs and carnivals with his carousel ride, circa 1830's. During the winter the family and workers would make wagons, wagon wheels, carousel animals and mechanisms in their Bad Kreuznach workshop.

This Dare carousel still operates by the bays and sand dunes of Watch Hill RI. It is America's oldest operating carousel; a "Flying Horses" machine that has been flying since 1883. This old style carousel has a brass ring catcher.