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Ha Ha Tonka State Park is a public recreation area encompassing over 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) on the Niangua arm of the Lake of the Ozarks, about five miles south of Camdenton, Missouri, in the United States.
A rural Ozarks scene. Phelps County, Missouri The Saint Francois Mountains, viewed here from Knob Lick Mountain, are the exposed geologic core of the Ozarks.. The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. [1]
Silver Dollar City is located at the site of one of the Ozarks' oldest attractions, Marvel Cave. Henry T. Blow , a lead mining magnate, explored the cave in 1869 with six miners. They found no lead, but were convinced that the flat ceiling of one room was composed of marble , and so they originally named the cave Marble Cave.
The News-Leader compiled a list of 10 spots throughout the Ozarks, including Missouri State University and Dogwood Canyon, with the best fall foliage.
Sarvis (2002, 2000) traces the controversy over the creation of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) in southeastern Missouri. Boasting clear rivers and spectacular landscape, the area saw a political contest for control of river recreational development between two federal agencies, the National Park Service (NPS) and the Forest Service .
A southwest Missouri town nestled in the Ozark mountains, Branson is known for its dinner shows and 1880's-themed theme park, Silver Dollar City. ... But as the town continues to grow as a tourist ...
Currently the cavern system is a tourist attraction, with more than fifty billboards along Interstate 44 [2] and is considered one of the primary attractions along former U.S. Highway 66. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Meramec Caverns is the most-visited cave in Missouri with some 150,000 visitors annually.
The cave has remained open since, making it one of the oldest continuously running tourist attractions in the Ozarks. When William Lynch died in 1927, ownership of the cave passed to his daughters. Shortly thereafter, the name of the cave was changed to Marvel Cave. [3] The Lynch family operated the cave for over fifty years.