Photograph by Flickr usertheparadigmshifter .
We know that the demesne of Oz domiciliate in one ’s mental imagery ( or dreams , in the flick version ) , but we also know that Dorothy rise up in Kansas . The Wizard of Oz wikilooks at Baum ’s clue as to the location of the farm . InThe Road to Oz , the nearby town of Butterfield is mentioned , which is not in Kansas , butin Missourinear the Arkansas mete , a duet of counties off from the southeasterly corner of Kansas . Frank Baum might have just like the name . Other mentions of the farm ’s location include a reference book to the Jones County fair , which does not exist in Kansas , and a duet of references to Topeka as the nearest city , but those were from later story write by others .
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Not knowing the exact location of the farm inThe Wonderful Wizard of Ozdid not stop anyone from claiming it . Max Zimmerman , an insurance agentive role in Liberal , Kansas , come up with the idea of making his hometownthe " prescribed " hometown of Dorothy Galeand her aunt and uncle . Oliver Brown found an honest-to-god planetary house that looked an awful lot like the farmhouse in the 1939 pic , and the town had it moved to the Coronado Museum ground . In 1981 , it became The Land of Oz , a 5,000 square foot exhibit on Dorothy and Oz .
Tour guide dressed as Dorothy will take you througha tour of the family , then down the chicken brick road to a museum that hold artifacts and memorabilia from the 1939 filmThe Wizard of Oz . You ’ll see the story of how the pic came to be , and an explanation of many of the flick ’s particular effects .
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Wamego , Kansas , a town of 4200 , also celebrates the girl who traveled to Oz . In 2004,the Oz Museumwas found in Wamego . Surrounding businesses call for on an Oz theme , with names likethe Oz Winery and Toto ’s Tacoz .
Wamego hosts the annualOZtoberFESTas well . This twelvemonth , the festival ply from September 27th through the 29th . In late long time , the festival welcomed actors who play the Munchkins in the 1939 movie and the grandsons of L. Frank Baum .
Chittenango , New York , is where L. Frank Baum was born in 1856 . To lionize its famous son , the town install a chickenhearted brick sidewalk downtown in 1982 . The brick need repaint so often that the pavement was replaced by concrete in 2007 , but it is also colored chickenhearted to mimic a yellow brick route . The township hosts the annualOz - stravaganza ! , a festival of all thing bear on to the Wizard of Oz , in early June . The Oz - Stravaganza ! Committee runs a museum yr - round ( undetermined Friday and Saturday only ) calledAll thing Oz . Exhibits include items from the Baum family , props and memorabilia from the 1939 film , and a recently - acquiredcollection from Judy Garland(some of which is for sale ) .
At one metre , there wasa base car park called Land of Ozin Beech Mountain , North Carolina . It was open in 1970 by Jack Pentes and Grover Robbins with the help of actress Debbie Reynolds , who supplied Hollywood memorabilia and picture show property for the park ’s museum . There were ride to feign a house in a cyclone and a hot air balloon , among others , and a jaundiced brick road splice it all together . The park lasted ten years , closing in 1980 . However , in 1990 , a growing company unfold a resort area calledEmerald Mountainaround the old theme green , and builtvacation housesthat fare with access to the Mungo Park , which is now treated as a " garden . "
