Dinosaur World (Arkansas)
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Dinosaur World, previously known as John Agar's Land of Kong, was a tourist attraction in Beaver, Arkansas. It was a theme park covering 65 acres, which contained 100 life-size sculptures of dinosaurs, cavemen, and other prehistoric creatures. The park closed in 2005.
The park was started in the 1960s when Ola Farwell built a 40 feet tall statue of King Kong known as the "World's Largest King Kong". Farwell's partner was film actor John Agar (who would later appear in the 1976 version of King Kong).
The sculptures were created by Emmet Sullivan, who also designed the dinosaur statues in Dinosaur Park and Wall Drug in South Dakota, and the Christ of the Ozarks statue in nearby Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
It is the largest dinosaur park in the world.
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