Branson is located in southern Missouri,
42 miles (68 kilometers) south of the
state capital of Springfield.
The city is part of Taney
County, and is home to 6,050
people.
Branson first became a tourist destination
in the early 1900s, when Harold Bell
Wright used the city and the beautiful
Ozarks as the setting for his book
The
Shepherd of the Hills....
