In 1960 these buildings were moved two to 60 miles from Bull Shoals creating Mountain Village 1890 on 10 acres at the site of Bull Shoals Cavern. In the middle of the village is the Music Hall, and the jail was used in the movie Bootlegger . All buildings have their own furnishings. The village is a Self-guided tour so you can take an hour or all day, do it at your own pace. It certainly is a walk back through time.
Wheelchairs are welcome.
There is a very large gift shop in the Train Depot and fast food restaurant in the village's Way House. Bull Shoals is 350,000 years old as determined by carbon tests. A 45 to 50 minute guided tour of the caverns leaves every half hour. Indians lived in the cave as well as Confederate Soldiers who made gunpowder from the clay in the cave. It is the site of the skirmish at Bull Shoals.