The TV show “Wild Kingdom” debuts featuring host Marlin Perkins, a Carthage native who had studied at Mizzou. Perkins hosted the award-winning wildlife program until 1988. This statue of Perkins is located in Carthage.
Photo credit: Carol Highsmith via Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/2020742477/
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