Walk-Thru + Drone Flyover of Abandoned Ark. Theme Park
Does anybody remember Dogpatch USA? It was located just off State Highway 7 in the Ozark mountains situated between Jasper and Harrison, Arkansas.
Dogpatch USA was based on the comic strip Li l Abner, and created by cartoonist Al Capp. The theme park opened to the general public in 1968 but eventually fell into hard times and closed in 1993. The area is now known as Marble Falls, according to Wikipedia.
I remember traveling to Dogpatch USA with my parents when I was a young kid. The highway to getting there was treacherous, curvy, with lots of twists and turns but the views were spectacular along the way. The thing I remember most about Dogpatch USA was the entrance that featured a huge statue of Jubilation T. Compone, the fictional town hero. Visitors had to ride a tram from the parking lot to the entrance to what was called Skunk Hollow. Dogpatch USA had a large natural spring, trout farm, and you could go horseback riding i
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