Jimmy Burge, the leader of the committee that built Boomtown, decided to open an amusement park with the same theme.

[1] Rather than a traditional ribbon cutting, it was scheduled to have an old-fashioned six-shooter aimed at a piece of rope stretched across the stockade entrance.

The park was originally owned and operated by Oklahoma City businessmen James Burge and Jack Williams.

[2][3] James Burge had been a publicist in Hollywood for twenty years, with clients that included Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor.

Burge laid out the land and facilities with four initial investors, then entered a partnership with Jack Williams, a wealthy businessman who owned a chain of laundries.

Although Williams was initially interested in the park's linen rental contract, he was convinced by Burge's vision and became the principal investor.

It was famous for its live entertainment, including staged gunfights, Indian dancing, saloon shows, train robberies, and other similar types of Western experiences.

The park made money by leasing concessions, and the concessionaires set their own prices; Burge recounted in 1988 that visitors "could walk around free unless [they] got thirsty".

[2] In the fall of 1981, the Tierco Group, a local real estate company, bought the park with plans to dismantle it and develop the land.

[6] However, the oil crunch slowed down the local real estate boom, and the startled company found itself with a sagging amusement park to operate.

Mark Shapiro, Six Flags CEO at the time, said that he expected the parks to continue operating after the sale, but rumours surfaced that some of them could close.

[10] On January 11, 2007, Six Flags opted to keep Magic Mountain but then announced that it would sell Frontier City and White Water Bay, along with Elitch Gardens, Darien Lake, Splashtown (near Houston) and Wild Waves/Enchanted Village, to PARC 7F-Operations.

After the 2016 season the park was again sold, this time to EPR Properties[18] which was operating it under the name Frontier City Holdings LLC.

"Joe Galbraith, Frontier City's Kris Kringle, gives the park's four-seated sleigh a fresh coat of paint in preparation for a gale round of Christmas Holiday festivities" in November 17, 1959.