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In early 2020, Johnny Morris, founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shop headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, purchased Dogpatch USA, a vacant 1960s-era amusement park located in northern Newton County. Almost immediately, crews broke ground for a new tourist attraction called Marble Falls Nature Park. Little is known about plans for the private preserve, but area residents say development of the new park is very slowly progressing.
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Dogpatch USA was developed in the late 1960s in the Arkansas Ozarks. Archives provided by the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual…
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Dogpatch, the amusement park, had some early success. Then the fates turned. A documentary about the park's fortunes is being produced and creators want…
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Could the former site of Dogpatch USA in Newton County become a new tourist destination and source for much-needed jobs in the area? We talk with the…