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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 .
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Marble Falls (known as Marble City from 1840 to 1883, Willcockson from 1883 to 1934, and Dogpatch from 1966 to 1997) is an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, United States. It lies along Arkansas's National Scenic 7 Byway between Harrison and Jasper .
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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.
All instances of name Dogpatch USA have been checked against original source material, and uses in article have been made consistent with the original usages. Note that there is at least one source which uses the form Dogpatch U.S.A. and it has been left as it appears in the cited reference. —catsmoke talk 09:57, 30 May 2023 (UTC)