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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2010


Thayer TIC & Railroad Museum establishes a new record!!

The Thayer Area Chamber of Commerce announced that the Tourist Information Center & Railroad Museum established a new record yesterday (April 20, 2010). Located at the intersection of U.S. HWY 63 and S.R. 142 East, the Center welcomed 55 visitors for a record-breaking daily total.

The Center, located inside a retired Burlington Northern caboose, can be found on the west side of McDonald's restaurant in Thayer, Missouri. Funded by the Thayer Area Chamber of Commerce, The Center offers Missouri state maps, Missouri vacation planners; Branson vacation planners; Missouri State Park brochures; camping, canoeing and boating brochures; an outstanding brochure featuring the many beautiful springs, falls, mills, and river-ways in Oregon County; and cards & information featuring the Grand Gulf State Park. A display box containing rocks and minerals found in Missouri (our newest and most popular attraction) is popular because it is a hands-on exhibit.

Souvenir hunters will find Missouri and Thayer post cards; Missouri and Thayer key-rings; Missouri magnets, collector thimbles, spoons and shot glasses. Children will find wooden train whistles, engineer caps, candy and free gifts. New this year are T-shirts for both children and adults. Several locally-made souvenirs (e.g., necklaces, cookbooks, novelty rings, handmade note-cards and stuffed animals and CDs by local artists Bob Ross & Gene Boren) are available for purchase in the Museum.

The Museum not only serves tourists and visitors to our area, but serves community members and those considering locating to our area. A plethora of information is available from the University of Missouri, Drury University, Ozark Medical Center and local commercial enterprises. The Attorney General's office has furnished The Center with literature pertaining to landlord-tenant laws, domestic violence, and consumer fraud to name a few.

The 2009 season was a record year, bringing in over 5,000 visitors to The Center/Museum. Since March 1, the visitor count is over 650. With the record-breaking count set yesterday, we anticipate welcoming more than 10,000 visitors for the 2010 season.