Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Though long abandoned, Dogpatch USA was arguably the country's ...

Jeff Carter Productions has been working on a documentary about "Dogpatch USA" that will premiere in May on the 50th anniversary of the opening of the park. Click here to learn more about the ...

A 65-year-old welder who invented a spill-proof dog bowl said he would give up his dream to turn Dogpatch USA into an "eco-tourism park," but only if there is no other option. Charles "Bud" Pelsor put ...

Johnny Morris is now the owner of property formerly home to Dogpatch USA theme park. The Bass Pro founder made the announcement Tuesday via news release. There's no set plans for the property just yet ...

NEWTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — According to Bass Pro Shops, founder Johnny Morris has announced the purchase of the former Dogpatch USA theme park in Newton County. The former Dogpatch USA park is a ...

The owners of the former Dogpatch theme park in Newton County have agreed to lease the 400-acre property to Heritage USA, a conservative entertainment company, with options to buy. "Heritage USA Inc.

The owner of a hotel near the old Dogpatch theme park has filed a lawsuit to evict Heritage USA Ozarks Resort and David Hare, the company’s CEO. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Newton County Circuit ...

For those of us of a certain age who were raised in Arkansas, we still think of Dogpatch USA when we hear Newton County mentioned. Dogpatch, many believed, would turn this remote, sparsely populated ...

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) - Thinking back to what the Dogpatch USA theme park used to be hits Harrison city leaders with a wave of nostalgia. “It was the heartbeat of Harrison, and we would have weeks ...

Noted conservationist and Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris announced the purchase of the former Dogpatch USA theme park property in Newton County, Ark. Morris says in a statement to KY3, plans for ...

After being a fixture of American newspapers for 43 years, the final "Li'l Abner" comic strip was published Nov. 13, 1977. However, many of Al Capp's creations are on stage this weekend in Shawnee ...

Senior and middle-aged Angelenos who grew up on the wonderfully satirical “Li’l Abner” comic strip can get their nostalgia fix as the denizens of Dogpatch USA cavort on the stage of UCLA’s Freud ...