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Article: A village to value: Mountain Village 1890, Bull Shoals Caverns reopen under new management. (Harry Graham's purchase of theme park in Arkansas) (Across Arkansas)
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- July 27, 1992
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Mountain Village 1890 is more than just a collection of old buildings.
Bull Shoals Caverns is more than just another cave.
Harry Graham knows.
It was his appreciation of the authenticity and beauty of the two attractions, located in the center of Bull Shoals just off Arkansas 178, that led the Iowa native to purchase them.
Graham bought the caverns, the village and the surrounding 46 acres for $157,000 in January. He reopened the attractions April 1 with the help of his wife, Millie.
The Grahams purchased the acreage from Jim Gaston, the owner of Gaston's White River Resort at Lakeview. Gaston had managed the reconstructed village until ...