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HFE traces roots back to Hugo and Mary Herschend from Chicago, Illinois along with sons Jack and Pete. The family vacationed in Missouri's Ozark Mountains region and fell in love with the nature the area offered. In 1951 Hugo obtained a 99-year lease on a Branson, Missouri area attraction called Marvel Cave. Hugo suffered a heart attack and ...
A Chicago vacuum cleaner salesman, Hugo Herschend, purchased a 99-year lease on the cave in 1950, from The Lynch sisters. [3] After Hugo Herschend's death in 1955, his wife Mary took over the day-to-day operations of the cave. With the aid of her two sons, Jack and Peter, Mary Herschend was able to make vast improvements to the cave.
The Lynch family operated the cave for nearly fifty years until a Chicago vacuum cleaner salesman, Hugo Herschend, purchased a 99-year lease on the cave in April 1950. [7] [8] After Hugo's death in 1955, his wife, Mary, took over the day-to-day operations of the venture.
says Manby, who -- like the Herschend family that controls the HFE -- is a devout Christian. (Among the company's charitable work is the Silver Dollar City Foundation, which "is dedicated to ...
Hugo and Mary Herschend leased the cave for 99 years in 1950 and began hosting square dances in it. The Herschend Family modernized the cave with electricity and concrete staircases, and in 1960 the Herschends opened Silver Dollar City , a re-creation of a frontier town that featured five shops, a church, and a log cabin, with actors that ...
Today, Herschend Enterprises is the nation’s largest family-owned entertainment company. Peter Herschend talks about his time serving on the Missouri State Board of Education since 1991 at his ...
The three-story steel coaster was built in-house by Silver Dollar City in 1972. The ride was often considered a cross between a dark ride and a roller coaster. A similar ride, "Blazing Fury", was built at Herschend Family Entertainment's Silver Dollar City Tennessee, now known as Dollywood, in 1978. On February 13, 2023, Silver Dollar City ...
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