Many people's talents and efforts went into the making of the Ozarks documentary. Thank you also to each of the organizations and individuals who helped with early film, archival photographs and other indispensable source materials. And thanks especially to historians, interviewees and other authorities on the region for the insights they supplied.
Written & Hosted by
Charles Gusewelle

Featuring the music of
Connie Dover

Graphics & Animations
Sean Hopkins-
Complete Video Services
Harold Sipe

Engineering
Richard Carr
Jeff Evans
Jeff Hudson
Mark Renz
Clayton Stubbs
Craig Westhoff

Produced & Edited by
Mike Murphy & Randy Mason

Original Music and Sound Design
Kriss Avery

Graphic Support
Mary Elizabeth Yeager
Carol Sherman

Engineering Support
Robert Hagg
Amy Long

Development Support
Jim Kanki


Additional Photography
Don Mayberger

Principal Photography
Dave Burkhardt

Sound Editing & Mix
Rainbow Sound

On Line Editing
Mark Stamm

Production Manager
Larry Magariel

Production Support
Angee Kerrigan
Matt McClelland
Zola K. Gordy

Geography Consultant
Dr. Milton Rafferty,
Southwest Missouri State University
Additional footage supplied by
Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Tourism,
Bill Schulenburg-Production Consultants, Arkansas Department of Tourism
Video Post Productions
KY3/Springfield
Civil War Reenactors footage

Shane Seley Underwater footage by Greg Lesko/RSVP Productions
Other sequences provided by
Paddlefoot Productions
Glenn Chambers Archival Film footage provided by Kerr McGee Corporation-Forestry Products Division Library of Congress
Missouri State Archives Missouri Department of Conservation
The James Jewell & George Curtis Collections of The Kansas City Museum The Mallin Family Collection
The Laurie Warnock Foundation
The Jennifer Fields Collection
Bill McQueary
Missouri Mining Museum
Archival Photographs provided by
State Historical Society of Missouri
Western Historical Manuscript Collection Missouri State Archives
The Katherine Lederer Collection of Southwest Missouri State University Arkansas University Museum
Shiloh Museum of Ozarks History
Arkansas Archeological Survey,
University of Arkansas Branson
Ozarks Film Office
The Whitley Sisters Photographic Collection Illinois State Historical Library College of the Ozarks-Ozarkiana Collection
Leonard Pryor Wayne and Mary Lou Holmes
The Townsend Godsey Photographic Archive
Douglas County Historical Society
The Jerry Gideon Collection
Arnold Loomis
Phelps County Historical Society
Nancy Brown
St. James Library History
Museum of Springfield
Trail of Tears painting by Robert Lindneux Courtesy Woolaroc Museum
Watercolors by Dan Kerlin
Courtesy The University Museum, University of Arkansas
Paintings by George Catlin Courtesy National Museum of American Art Washington, D.C. and Art Resource
New York Paintings by Charles Banks Wilson Courtesy Charles Banks
Wilson Lil' Abner comic used by permission Al Capp Estate-Alvin S. Hochberg, Esq.

 

 

 
Special Thanks

Laura Jolley

Lynn Morrow

Christine Montgomery

Fae Sotham

Dr. James Goodrich

David Boutros

Mary Soutar

Richard & Tomi Eckart

Sue Holst-Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Bill Godsey

Mockwood

Ann Early

Mary Suter

Drennon Auction Service

Prof. Howard Marshall

Phil & Vivian Williams, Voyager Records

Dr. E.D. McKinney

Becky Schroeder, The Missouri Folklore Society

Tom Mardikes

Roger Landes

Sam Platt

Elliot West

Lonnie Sheppard & VFW Post

Marcie Burdick

Randy Moore

Ellen Grey Massie

Chuck Harrelson

Jack Rinehart

Debbie Wilson

Kipp Woods

Robb Farr

Russell Rost

Bryan Hamm

Gene Fox

Phil Cunningham

Gordon McCann

Mark Wilson

Rounder Records

Royal Scanlon

Don Maxwell

Don Sargent

Bill Stold

Mark Stauter

Dawn Erickson
Irene Marcus

Bob Owens

Dr. Richard Gentile

Rockbridge Trout Ranch

Scarlett Cameron

Michael Brewer

Carol Wilson

Lorna Dompke

Marilyn S. Alms

Bob Michael

Eddie & Vicki Stark

Tom & Jiniwin Schroeder

Pam Reichart

Howard Holt

Harland Stonecipher

Chuck Haddix, Marr Sound Archives

The Hammer Sisters

Dwight Frizzell

Thomas Aber