Dogpatch USA

[chisolm5]

Bring on the Kickapoo Joy Juice! Man, I loved that stuff. L'il Abner and Daisy Mae. Mammy and Pappy Yocum. Summers in the Ozarks. :-)

[ScrewAttackEurope]

Lol, you'd have been better off using Silent Hill music for the theme, rather than Metroid :D

[441designs]

this is a sad site I visited the park ever year seems like as a kid. We live 70 miles east of memphis and that was our vacation, going to Dogpatch. I still have cups and alot of items with the dogpatch logos. I last visited in 1989 or 1990. We keep a 3 year old I wish it was still open we would defently take him he would love it.

[DarkWingedButterfly]

This is a true tragedy. How could people let this place go!

[AndrewKH85]

does anyone remember the goofy trash cans? hahaha

[Katrina7699]

it isn't hard to get around at all but you better do it soon they have been working on it so i donno if they are gonna tear it down or build it up... hahaha but it is simple to get around any one here could show you even me ;)

[Riggz13]

Let me take this opportunity to again remind anyone looking at this that they should not attempt to enter the park. There is someone living on the grounds now. As far as I understand, they're attempting to get the park cleaned up and re-open it for some purpose (non-amusement park). They will and have prosecuted trespassers, so be warned.

[DarkWingedButterfly]

Have they done anything with the park yet? Also what was it that was living on the grounds?

[Stevanhale]

We went there in 1979 for my ninth birthday. I remember the creepy trash suckers!!! Sad to see it like this. I believe the Lil' Abner comics are still running in some Arkansas newspapers.

[Shropshire67]

Wow! top of the park before you go down on the funicular.

I used to work there in 83

I'm missing out on this ... shame I moved to California in 84 and have not been back since

[s8ntmark]

Cool! does this footage bring back memories?

Do you recognize all those places?

[Shropshire67]

Uuh! yes that is why I am so intrigued by this as I did work there in it's heyday!

my first job was to greet the guest and operate the funicular down to the park and then I operated the gravity barrel (the floor dropped out)

[dyessb]

shakiest camera in the west...

[cola4598]

i live like 15 miles away from there!!!

[paulismyname99]

Also, who are The Hub? I couldn't find any pages on them

[paulismyname99]

The beauty is that these parks are in fact, abandoned. This stuff amazes me so much. Its hard to imagine that once long ago, thousands of people were in that very park. Thanks for the upload. I would like to hear to story as to why you couldn't get in. (unless its because of the security.) I hope that didn't sound rude. Anyway. If you can get the story to me, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[rwk360]

A shame that so many small parks in the US went out of business lately. Miracle Strip, Myrtle Pavilion, well it moved and downsized, Whalom in Mass., Williams Grove near Harrisburg, PA, and more.

[darthvaydr]

Hi,

I was about to visit Dogpatch back in 2004 as weel; I stopped in Harrison to ask for directions and the lady that helped me said that she used to work there back in the late 70's early 80;s. I went there when I was a ki back in 1980 or so. I rememebr th lift to take you down to the second level of the park,the trout farm,etc. I'd LOVE to take a tour of the place. I'd ebven pay for someone to get me down to the park so I could take a video of it. Do you know the way around? Thanks! -Scott