Six Gun Territory
The Western theme park off State Road 40 near Silver Springs, announced in 1962 and shut down in 1984, as recorded by the Florida Department of State
The Story of Six Gun Territory
In 1962, R. B. Coburn of Western Heritage U.S.A. Corporation announced the opening of a new theme park off State Road 40 near Silver Springs called Six Gun Territory, according to the Florida Department of State. Visitors entered the park from the parking lot by train, and the ride passed staged confrontations between cowboys and Indians on the way in.
Inside, guests found Western and frontier-themed buildings and attractions. The Department of State names the Palace Saloon and Theatre, with live cancan dance shows, the staged shoot-outs and robberies, and a replica Mexican border town with a casino, market, cantina and village houses as the most popular. In the late 1960s the park was so popular that local restaurants, motels and businesses copied its Western motifs to sell more through the association.
Coburn sold Six Gun Territory in 1970, along with its sister parks Ghost Town in the Sky in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, and Frontier Land in Cherokee, North Carolina. After poor management under various owners, the park officially shut down in 1984.
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What Six Gun Territory Had
The Florida Department of State lists the following among the park's Western and frontier-themed buildings and attractions. It describes the list as not exhaustive.
Train Ride Entrance
Visitors entered the park from the parking lot by train. The ride passed staged confrontations between cowboys and Indians before reaching the park.
Palace Saloon and Theatre
The Palace Saloon and Theatre featured live cancan dance shows. The Department of State counts it, with the staged shoot-outs and robberies, among the park's most popular attractions.
Replica Mexican Border Town
A replica Mexican border town came complete with a casino, a market, a cantina and village houses.
Six Gun Territory: A Timeline
Park Announced
R. B. Coburn of Western Heritage U.S.A. Corporation announces the opening of Six Gun Territory, a new theme park off State Road 40 near Silver Springs.
Peak Popularity
The park is so popular that local restaurants, motels and businesses replicate its Western motifs to increase sales through association.
Coburn Sells
Coburn sells Six Gun Territory along with its sister parks, Ghost Town in the Sky in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, and Frontier Land in Cherokee, North Carolina.
Park Closes
After poor management under various owners, the park officially shuts down.
A Neighborhood and Six Gun Plaza
The area that was once the park has been redeveloped into a residential neighborhood behind the Six Gun Plaza shopping center on East Silver Springs Boulevard (State Road 40).
Every date above comes from the Florida Department of State's Six Gun Territory page.
Why Did Six Gun Territory Close?
The Florida Department of State gives one explanation: Coburn sold the park in 1970, and after poor management under various owners it officially shut down in 1984.
The Department of State does not publish attendance figures for the park or name any other cause, so this page does not either.
The Department of State's Silver Springs history says the arrival of Walt Disney World changed Florida tourism, that every attraction in the South felt Disney drawing off its guests, and that new interstates bypassed older attractions along U.S. 27, U.S. 40 and U.S. 441.
That account is about the Silver Springs attraction next door, where almost all the attractions had closed or been demolished by 1975. The Department of State does not apply it to Six Gun Territory.
What's at the Six Gun Territory Site Today?
According to the Florida Department of State, the area that was once the park has been redeveloped into a residential neighborhood behind Six Gun Plaza, the shopping center that carries the name. Six Gun Plaza is at 4901 E Silver Springs Blvd (State Road 40) in Ocala, per Google Maps.
Nothing from the park is open to visitors. The plaza is a working shopping center, and the neighborhood behind it is private residential property.
Six Gun Plaza
4901 E Silver Springs Blvd (State Road 40), Ocala, FL 34470
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Every fact about the park comes from the Florida Department of State's Six Gun Territory and Silver Springs history pages, read on Oct. 29, 2026. The Six Gun Plaza address was checked against Google Maps the same day.