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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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This winter, a juvenile white American bison joined a herd of brown bison pastured for public view on Dogwood Canyon Nature Park. The 10,000 acre private…