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Dogpatch USA was a theme park located in northwest Arkansas along State Highway 7 between the cities of Harrison and Jasper, an area known today as Marble Falls.It was based on the comic strip Li'l Abner, created by cartoonist Al Capp and set in a fictional village called Dogpatch.
It lies along Arkansas's National Scenic 7 Byway between Harrison and Jasper. The Marble Falls Post Office is located in the parking lot of the now-defunct theme park called Dogpatch USA. For a time, the town was known as Dogpatch to promote the theme park. Marble Falls is part of the Harrison Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In 1967, Al Capp licensed and had an interest in an 800-acre (3.2 km 2) $35 million theme park called Dogpatch USA in Marble Falls near Harrison, Arkansas, based on the comic strip's setting and featuring a trout farm, buggy and horseback rides, entertainment by characters from the Li'l Abner comic strip, and eventually amusement rides.
Dogpatch USA. Newton County, Arkansas Fans of the Li'l Abner comic strip and cartoon may remember Dogpatch as the home of all its colorful country characters. By the mid-1980s, Dogpatch was no ...
Dogpatch, Arkansas. Fans of the Li'l Abner comic strip and cartoon may remember Dogpatch as the home of all its colorful country characters. By the mid-1980s, however, Dogpatch was no longer a ...
Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip that appeared in multiple newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Europe.It featured a fictional clan of hillbillies living in the impoverished fictional mountain village of Dogpatch, USA.
Arkansas. Amusement park City Years of operation Notes Ref. Dinosaur World: Beaver: 1967–2005 [6] Dogpatch USA: Marble Falls: 1968–1993 [7] Wild River Country:
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