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Our Mission:
Our Society is here to share with all of you the beginning of a dream and a reality and the reason we need to preserve it. About
informing and education of the place of the origin of the inspiration of the Grand Ole Opry.
We believe everyone
deserves to know about our heritage, and make your visit one you will always remember.
Our History
Our society is new, we have just formed it in January 2007, even though
the reason for it is not new. The history of the reason for George D. Hay began several years ago, he was a person who
got things done and accomplished what he set out to do. The inspiration for the world famous Grand Ole Opry came in 1919,
as a reporter coming to a small Ozark town of Mammoth Spring, Arkansas and there finding his inspiration for what a few years
later to become an internationally known icon
| Cabin in Thayer, Mo |
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| Where Mr. Hay attended the hoedown |
| Depot at Mammoth Spring State Park |
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| Mr. Hay's arrival point in 1919 |
| The Nettleton Hotel at Mammoth Spring Ark |
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| Place where Mr. stayed on his trip to the Ozarks in 1919 |
Sponsors
News Papers: West Plains Daily Quill, Area Wide Media of Salem, Arkansas, Hill
N Holler of Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
Radio: West Plains, KKDY, KWPM, KHOM, KSPQ, Thayer, KALM-KAMS;
Willow Springs, KUKU; Houston, KUNQ
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