The carousel was built circa 1904[3] by C. W. Parker in Abilene, Kansas, for use at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

[4] In 1928, the carousel was repossessed and its parts were relocated to Portland for the opening of Jantzen Beach Amusement Park.

The carousel was removed during the mall's $50 million renovation in 2012,[6] and reportedly remains in storage on site.

[9] In 2015, the mall's owner, a company called Edens, said the carousel was being "safely stored in a camera-monitored, climate-controlled" building at the shopping center.

[13] Later that year in September, Restore Oregon announced that the carousel had found a new home at the Neon Sign Museum in The Dalles, Oregon, who will begin the construction of a new pavilion to house the carousel.