Texas Rangers were also sporadically assigned to patrol duties by the state, and their efforts were noted as singularly effective.

The track is 2,650 feet long (including 6 fan turns, 9 drops, 16 changes of direction, and 18 track crossovers) and 85 feet at its highest point; the first drop is nearly 60 degrees.

Each of the three trains is made up of three 8-person cars, but only two trains can run simultaneously.

Invented by Harry C, Baker, the rides top speed is 68 mph and it takes about one minute and fifty seconds.

When the Vernon Keenan designed Cyclone opened on June 26, 1927, at a final cost of the Cyclone reported between 6k and 5,000k, a single ride cost 25 cents (35 on Sundays).

He had not spoken in years but screamed while going down the Cyclones first drop and said I feel sick as his train returned to the stationthen prompty fainted after realizing he had just spoken.

In 1965 (or 1971, reports disagree), the Cyclone was bought by the city of New York for one million dollars.

Lack of riders hurt profits, and the ride was condemned; in 1972 it was nearly destroyed at the hands of a planned Coney Island aquarium expansion.

A Save the Cyclone campaign ensued, and the coaster was leased to the Astroland park for,000 per year.

Today, the ride is owned by Astroland, but the land it stands on is still owned by the Parks Department.

Astrolands owners had the ride refurbished, and it reopened on July 3, 1975.

In the 1980s, events like the Mermaid Parade and Sideshows by the Seashore brought visitors back to Coney Island and the Cyclone.

Its 70th birthday was celebrated in 1997 with a tightrope walk by Tino Wallenda between the rides two highest points; that year a single ride cost.

Its 80th birthday was celebrated on June 26, 2007 with a brass band, stilt walkers and Miss Cyclone; that year a single ride cost (with a re-ride option).

But it couldnt survive Thor Equities, who bought the property (but not the amusement park business) from the Albert family in November, 2006.

In its place will be Coney Island Park, part of a planned year-round resort.

The municipally owned Cyclone was not part of the Thor sale, and the Albert family will continue to operate it under its contract with the City.

A red, white, and blue rocket ship, rises above the rides with ASTROLAND PARK painted across its fuselage.

Its 20,200 Agents1 are primarily responsible for immigration and border law enforcement as codified in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Their duty is to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States and to deter, detect, and apprehend illegal aliens and individuals involved in the illegal drug trade who enter the United States other than through designated ports of entry.

Though they never totaled more than 75, they patrolled as far west as California trying to restrict the flow of illegal Chinese immigration.

Most rode on horseback, but a few operated automobiles, motorcycles and boats.

Although these inspectors had broader arrest authority, they still largely pursued Chinese immigrants trying to avoid the National Origins Act and Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

These patrolmen were Immigrant Inspectors, assigned to inspection stations, and could not watch the border at all times.

U.S. Army troops along the southwest border performed intermittent border patrolling, but this was secondary to the more serious work of military training.

Non-nationals encountered illegally in the U.S.

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