[1] The 75-year-old company operated traveling carnivals at various summer agricultural shows across North America and is based in Brantford, Ontario, and formerly also in West Palm Beach, Florida.

The organization used to operate the midway services for some of Canada's largest summer fairs including the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, the Calgary Stampede, and Edmonton's K-Days.

By 1906 he had begun selling peanuts without a permit at Madison Square Gardens whenever a circus was in town, and newspapers on the streets of New York, before becoming a sideshow host at Coney Island.

While returning to the United States with a train car full of prize merchandise, Patty stumbled upon a show just outside Winnipeg.

They joined up with the operator of the fair, International Amusement Company and worked all of the remaining Canadian shows that year.

Specialized boxcars painted bright orange 80 ft (24 m)long were fitted with custom doors to accommodate speedy loading and unloading of gear.

Patty Conklin himself traveled in style with his CA$6,000 (equivalent to $110,894 in 2023) Mexican stylized 5-room 'mansion on wheels' private car.

The 1980s and 1990s were a time of growth for Conklin as it operated across the prairies with stops in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina and Saskatoon.

This mammoth coaster, which took 28 trailers to move, only made the trip as far north as Toronto, and even this was not financially feasible after the late 90s.

As time progressed, Conklin began to show signs of financial strain that was synonymous with the entire traveling carnival industry.

Finally other rides such as the Drop of Fear, G-Force, Enterprise, Gravitron, Starship 2000, Flying Bobs, Aladin, Break Dance, Crazy Flip, Hi-Roller, Rotor, Devastator, Swiss Bob, Hully Gully, Tip Top, Flic Flac, Tango, Evolution, Spin Out, 1001 Nacht, Chaos, Inverter, Flipper, Touchdown, Cobra, Scorpion, Double Sky Wheels, Paratrooper, Hurricane and the Mark 1 & Wildcat roller coaster were sold to competing companies or shelved in West Palm Beach, Florida.

In 1984, Jim Conklin donated many antique midway rides from his collection to Calgary's Heritage Park historical village.

Conko Inc still continues various operations today, among them is a traveling show train, permanent show train and carousel in Chinguacousy Park,[citation needed] various games and rides,[citation needed] and ice cream waffle stands at Canadian National Exhibition.