There wasn't much to Frontier Land in 1979.   I mean, what was there was great, Diamond Horseshoe Saloon Revue, Frontierland Shootin' Arcade and Country Bear Jamboree, but the excitement was pretty static.   Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Splash Mountain didn't exist.

But, in 1979, from Liberty Square a new shape loomed through the trees.

The photo at right is the completed mountain from the same angle as the construction photo above.