Hollister, Missouri

KCOZ (The Lookout 91.7 FM, College of the Ozarks Christian Radio) is a radio station that broadcast a Jazz music format until switching to a Contemporary Christian music format in late 2011. Licensed to Point Lookout, Missouri, United States, the station is currently owned by College of the Ozarks. Previously the radio station operated as KSOZ, a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate. As of January 2021, KCOZ can be found streaming online at KCOZ.live and also on the KCOZ Radio app.

Point Lookout is an unincorporated community in Oliver Township, Taney County, Missouri, United States, near Branson and Hollister. Point Lookout is in U.S. post office ZIP code 65726. Point Lookout is part of the Branson Micropolitan Statistical Area.

College of the Ozarks is a private Christian college in Point Lookout, Missouri. The college has an enrollment of 1,426 and over 30 academic majors in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science programs.The college charges no tuition for full-time students due to its student work program and donations. The program requires students to work 15 hours a week at an on-campus work station and two 40-hour work weeks during breaks. A summer work program is available to some students to cover room and board costs. The college refers to itself as "Hard Work U" and places emphasis on "character" education.

Memorial Fieldhouse and Keeter Gymnasium is a 3,500-seat arena for College of the Ozarks at Point Lookout, Missouri, United States. The Fieldhouse, located at the corner of Cultural Court and Opportunity Avenue, like other buildings on the campus was built with student labor fulfilling their "Hard Work U" obligations of working instead of paying tuition. Since 2000 it has been the home of the NAIA Division II National Championship basketball tournament. Significant improvements to the fieldhouse were made prior to the 2014 NAIA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament. The arena was dedicated in 1973. It is named for college vice-president Howell W. Keeter. The fieldhouse has three basketball courts, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, weight room, racquetball courts, dance studio, volleyball, badminton and table tennis facilities.In 2009 a 21,888-square-foot (2,033.5 m2) fitness center was added solving a practice problem for the men's and women's basketball teams. In the past men and women could not practice at the same time in the building.

M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport (IATA: PLK, ICAO: KPLK, FAA LID: PLK) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is located one nautical mile (2 km) south of the central business district of Branson, Missouri, one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of Point Lookout, Missouri, and a few yards west of the old downtown area of Hollister, Missouri. It was formerly known as M. Graham Clark Field – Taney County Airport.

Branson Cross is a large structure in the shape of a cross located in Walnut Shade, Missouri near Branson, Missouri. At 218 feet (66.45m) tall, it is claimed to be the largest cross in North America. The cross is among the ten largest such structures in the world. The Branson Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce held a ceremony in April, 2019 to declare the monument open to the public.

Downing Street Historic District, also known as The English Village, is a national historic district located at Hollister, Taney County, Missouri. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings built between 1909 and the 1920s as part of a planned village in the Tudor Revival style. The buildings feature walls made of stone and stucco in a light beige color, with decorative boards painted a dark brown. Notable buildings include the U.S. Post Office - Gwinn Ceramics, Christian Science Society, Ye Old English Inn, and Hollister City Hall (formerly Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot, 1910).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Turkey Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. It is a tributary of Lake Taneycomo. The stream source is two-thirds of a mile south of the Missouri - Arkansas border in Boone County north of the village of Crest. The Missouri Pacific Railroad line follows the stream course after exiting the Crest railroad tunnel under Arkansas State Route 14 at Crest. North of the state line in Taney County the stream flows north through west Hollister to its confluence with Lake Taneycomo south of Branson. The stream covers a linear distance of 86 mi (138 km) between the border and its confluence.Turkey Creek was so named on account of the wild turkeys in the area.Coordinates: source: 36°29′20″N 93°13′06″W; mouth: 36°38′02″N 93°13′01″W

Melva is an extinct town in southern Taney County, in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The site was located south of Hollister on the east bank of Turkey Creek along the Missouri Pacific Railroad. On March 11, 1920, the town was destroyed by a deadly tornado that killed 11 people, including 9 children. Some of the remains of Melva, mostly foundations of homes, remain on the site today. A post office called Melva was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1931. A railroad official gave the community the name of his daughter.Gale Wade (1929-2022), baseball player, was born in Melva.

Coon Creek is a stream in Taney County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Lake Taneycomo. Coon Creek was so named on account of raccoons in the area.

The Branson Scenic Railway is a heritage railroad in Branson, Missouri. The Ozark Zephyr, Branson Scenic Railway's historic zephyr train, departs from an old depot in downtown Branson and operates in the scenic Ozark Mountains for an approximate 40-mile (64 km) round trip. As the underlying rail lines are owned by the Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA) and are still in use as an active railroad, MNA traffic determines whether a particular trip will operate northbound from Branson to Galena, Missouri, or southbound from Branson to the Barren Fork Trestle in Arkansas.

Sammy Lane Resort Historic District was a national historic district located at Branson, Taney County, Missouri. The district encompassed four contributing buildings and two contributing structures built between 1925 and 1943 as part of a resort. They were four log and native rock resort cottages, an elaborate native rock landscape construction and a well house. The buildings and structures were excellent vernacular examples expressive of the Bungalow / American Craftsman aesthetic. The resort has been demolished and replaced with The Branson Landing. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 and delisted in 2003.