Nearly 50 years after starting at a small Tennessee theme park, 6 longtime employees reflect on how Dollywood became more ...

Rodney Pearson played bass fiddle in a bluegrass band with a group of other 15-year-olds when he took a summer job at an amusement park in Sevier County. The year was 1976.

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Park guests walk past the Wild Eagle wing roller coaster ride at the Dollywood amusement park in Pigeon Forge, TN.

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Popular rides include rollercoasters like the Tennessee ... Bishop Dollywood is likely one of the main reasons you're planning a visit to Pigeon Forge: It's a sprawling amusement park that boasts ...

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Herschend Family Entertainment, the Atlanta-based parent company of Dolly Parton’s Tennessee theme park and several other ... Dolly Parton still co-owns Dollywood with Herschend in a 50-50 ...

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Only now he is a construction supervisor, and the Goldrush Junction amusement park has evolved into Dollywood. “I’ve seen a lot,” Pearson told Knox News. “When it was Goldrush, there was ...