Former owner of Shepherd of the Hills dies at 85
BRANSON MO NEWS: Branson tourism pioneer Mark Trimble with one of his favorite aircraft, a Ryan PT-22, at the M. Graham Clark-Taney County Airport.(Photo: Bob Linder)Mark Trimble, the former operator of Fantastic Caverns and Shepherd of the Hills in Branson, died Saturday at the age of 85.Shepherd of the Hills confirmed the news Sunday with a post on its Facebook page.“The entire Branson community is indebted to the Trimble family for preserving the great history and legacy of our area,” the post read.“Today our thoughts and prayers are with (his wife) Lea and his entire family. Mark will be greatly missed.”Branson tourism pioneer Mark Trimble gives one of his favorite aircraft, a Ryan PT-22, a graceful workout about the wooded Ozark hills near Branson in summer of 2004. (Photo: Bob Linder)Trimble operated Shepherd of the Hills from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s and Fantastic Caverns from the 1960s to the 1990s, according to a 2006 article in the News-Leader’s Signature magazine.In addition to running the businesses, the article says, Trimble was an advocate for tourism in southwest Missouri. He was a founding member of the Ozarks Marketing Council and did local TV appearances in other …
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