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Have y'all seen this?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/186218927/inspired-by-a-cabin-at-silver-dollar?ref=sr_gallery_16&ga_search_query=silver+dollar+city&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

Strolling the corners of the internet and found this.  Man, I wish they still sold stuff like this.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnytie/11393176596/

There's one on Etsy.   I'd buy it just "cause" but it's XL

http://www.etsy.com/listing/166443093/vintage-1980s-silver-dollar-city-t-shirt?ref=sr_gallery_6&ga_search_query=silver+dollar+city&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all

This cool 80's shirt!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/153339561/70s-80s-vintage-silver-dollar-city?ref=sr_gallery_14&ga_search_query=silver+dollar+city&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all

Always good for some entertainment, Buzzfeed is a pretty fun way to waste time on the Interwebs.   It's a celebration when something as beloved as SDC makes their radar....

http://www.buzzfeed.com/oldnavy/10-places-that-take-christmas-decorations-really-s

So proud of June, glad she's getting the recognition she deserves.  For those that haven't met June in person, this captures her personality perfectly.


http://www.news-leader.com/article/20120902/BUSINESS04/309020013?fb_comment_id=fbc_276061582507306_1197877_276366509143480

Looks awfully familiar and I'm sure it isn't called that any longer, but can't place it.  Found on Flickr...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/timetravelnow/4661646863/in/set-72157624131406784/

Even though she actually celebrates in...June (ironic isn't it!), June Ward and others were presented with their Anniversary awards this morning.   June has been with Silver Dollar City officially now for 45 years and I just spoke to her.  She was humbled and was so appreciative of all the people who came out to see her.

If you make it to the City (Tuesday - Saturday), stop in and let the "Brown Family" that you heard Aunt June looks younger than her actual time with the City!  It's true!!!

I would try to describe this, but....well, prepare to be amazed.

http://youtu.be/0cmJkxhn2eg

This may have been posted before, but in case you haven't seen it, it's a pretty nice scan of SDC TN during the early years

http://www.oldgatlinburg.net/Silver_Dollar_City_Souvenir_Book.html

Okay, I decided to begin the thread with an alarmist title just to get attention, but I just wanted to say that the picture below represents one of the smaller, but more important aspects of the Silver Dollar City experience for me.

Not to fire the flames of rumor (when to my knowledge it isn't even one), but how long before we will no longer have these awesome murals to represent our Park's past history?   Jim Owen Float Trip, Silver Dollar City Railroad, Grandfather's Mansion....!!!!!  These murals are an amazing part of the City and have been there as long as I've been alive.

Speaking to this group particularly, we are all mostly in a place where we don't have to pass through the ticket booths any longer.  Do the first time Guests even notice these amazing little vignettes?

So I ask:  If these went away, would anyone notice? 

I think we should start a register of Historic Items to be Preserved in case the day comes when things like old fashioned ticket booths are, shall we say...outmoded?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnytie/4914201707/

Many of you on Flickr, may already be connected or familiar with Neato Coolville.  Great guy and also a Missouri resident who has an affinity for the City.

Behold one of the Adult and Child tickets from 1969

http://www.flickr.com/photos/neatocoolville/7172974010/in/contacts/

...anyone remember the Foggy River Boys on the strip?  This was the ONE and only show that my parents regularly booked for us to go to in the late 70's and 80's.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggy_River_Boys

So, as I was combing through my ephemera this past week, I came across a stamp that I found on Etsy.com (if you haven't been on Etsy, it's a great site for handmade in the U.S.A. items and some vintage goodies).   This stamp has graced my bookshelf for a few years now and it was only recently that I started to put 2 + 2 together...potentially.

As many of you know, I began at Brown's Candy Factory under the tutelage of June Ward.   June and her husband Jo Bill adopted me outright and for years looked after me (secretly reporting back to my family on my well being).  They have even traveled to my sister's wedding, my grandfather's funeral, and many other "family" events.   Truly, this woman, is more than just my mentor...she might as well be my blood relative.  I wouldn't love her any less if she wasn't.   

During our times in the basement, she would tell about starting at the City and helping open the Candy factory in its new location.  I had almost forgotten about her very first role at the Post Office (they even mention it in the bio below):

http://www.bransonsilverdollarcity.com/craftsmen/craftsman_detail.aspx?AttractionID=858

I had an almost-immediate epiphany.   Could it be that I had one of the stamps that Aunt June originally used at the Post Office?  The jury is still out, as she hasn't seen it in person, but I plan on bringing it with me on my next visit to confirm.   At any rate, hope this to be true so I feel that I have a piece of Aunt June staring back at me on my bookshelf every day, hopefully giving me her "stamp" of approval.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnytie/4420591603/

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Good riddance or...How are we going to survive without them?! 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203716204577017782899029206.html

Since I want to make sure we cover every square inch of our memories, does anyone pine for the days when the McDonald's in Branson West was "Old Time" themed with tables covered in SDC-type merchandise bags and the old wagon wheels, etc?

No matter how excited we were to get close to SDC, we always stopped there.  It was the true "gateway" to SDC and we knew we were almost there!!!

Rarely has there ever been Arkansas & Disney mentioned in the same breath (well, except for me - HA!).   For those who haven't heard yet, Jennings Osborne passed yesterday.   The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights showed you how just a little Ozarkian ingenuity can amaze people at the Happiest Place on Earth.  This year's display should really be amazing in honor of him.

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2011/jul/27/jennings-osborne-philanthropist-dazzling-lights-di/

Okay, so I didn't really...but I've got to ask a burning question.   I've been part of the board for quite some time and I've always noticed that the "Dip n' Dots" guy is referenced on the Main Page.   I've searched the threads and still can't find this person and what rumors they may know.   

Can maybe one of the original members solve the mystery of the Dip n' Dots guy?

Living 1,300 miles away makes it difficult to just "pop" into the City whenever I want.  Even so, I was sad that I missed the big 50th event for the Employees since I was a Citizen for four years.   

Lo and behold though, look what I got in the mail from my Aunt June Ward today!!!!!  My world is complete!!!

Not sure if you all heard of Mike Jayne before (I never knew him by "Mitch") but he was very much a part of the Ozark bluegrass scene.

I ran across this last night while looking at a Bluegrass site.  I grew up in Salem, Missouri (now I call Northwest Arkansas my "home" when not in Orlando), and Mike "Mitch" Jayne was a local hero to me as he appeared on the Andy Griffith Show as part of the Darling Family.

This also has significance because of Salem's other famous son - Rodney Dillard who performed at SDC, to which we have posted many threads about, was also part of TAGS and very much part of the Ozark music scene.  I met Mike a few times as a kid and it was really the first thing I had to meeting someone that was a celebrity.  I had almost forgotten about him until I ran across this.  It might be old news to some of you, and might be new like it was to me.

http://thespps.org/blog/2010/08/12/rememberingmitchjayn/