Who remembers when the only shows on the strip were the Presleys, the Baldknobbers and the Foggy River Boys? While you were in the shows, they had people in the parking lot putting their bumper sticker on your car! Heck, back then we would travel to Branson without any reservations to a motel!!! Then came the trip where the entire town was booked and we couldn't find a room. We ended up staying in a primitive cabin on Indian Point. From that point on, mom always made sure we had reservations at the Pines Motel.
Junior- I remember the old Wax Museum as well. Pretty bad by todays standards, but back then we thought it was cool!
SOTH was also very different back then. Just the ticket office, a gift shop and Aunt Molly's Cupboard the best I can remember. Old Matt's Cabin and the old barn were the only structures on the west side. Up the hill from the cabin, under the pines, were the statues of The Shepherd and Little Pete along with Brave. Riding down the hill to the Old Mill Theater always gave me an eerie feeling as a kid. Don't know why, maybe just my imagination running wild about the baldknobbers along with the glow from the yellow lights hanging in the trees. Ah...the good old days.
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