{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/663b9ce758fda10012c1bdc3/6acfa96529b9fbfbe28aabc2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 143: Gary Clarkson, Ozarks Icon and Builder of Branson, Recalls the Early Days of Branson Tourism","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/663b9ce758fda10012c1bdc3/1792023151824-203fa2dc-2c92-4dcc-a107-11c5c0afbd05.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Sometimes you hear a voice so authentic, you&#39;ll never forget it, and that holds true for our guest Gary Clarkson. Gary was not only an actor back in the day (the 1950s), but he was a builder, too. He was on the crew that built the five-story tower in Marvel Cave; his image was projected in the old SDC flooded mine ride; he labored in the bowels of Table Rock Dam; and he was Wash Gibbs when Central Missouri State College first staged Shepherd of the Hills on the banks of Lake Taneycomo. Above all, Gary is a storyteller, and this is an episode you don&#39;t want to miss!</p>","author_name":"Ozarkian Folk Chronicles"}