The carousel toured Texas for two years with the Lone Star Circus.
The carousel was purchased by Happyland, an amusement park in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1936.
The carousel remained at Happyland until the amusement park was demolished in 1957.
It was moved to the new small pavilion in Playland, (another amusement park in Vancouver) until that too was demolished in 1972.
In May 1989, the Burnaby Village Museum agreed to provide a home for the carousel and the "Friends", led by President Don Wrigley, set about raising the $350,000 to purchase the machine.
Keith Jamieson, a carousel expert, was brought in to coordinate the rebuilding project.
The ponies which now form Horses #39 and #41 were added to the area where the other chariot was originally placed.
[citation needed] When the carousel was bought by the museum, Horse #38 underwent restoration, adding a backdrop to it, making it a chariot once again.