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BRANSON NEWS: How did a town of 10,000 people in the Missouri Ozarks become one of the Midwest’s top tourist attractions? The story of Branson includes hillbillies, the Presley family and Roy Clark.
In 1962 Paul Henning created “The Beverly Hillbillies,” a television comedy about the Clampett family of Branson, Missouri and their adjustment to life in Beverly Hills, California.
This helped make Branson a familiar name across America. Five years later, the Presley family (no relation to Elvis Presley) moved the Presleys’ Country Jubilee to Highway 76 in Branson. Finally, in 1983, Branson began its transformation into a major tourist attraction when the Roy …
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