Bass Pro Shops Museum and the Original BPS Site!

This video is a walkthrough of the Bass Pro Shops Museum at Johnny Morris' Wonders of the World in Springfield, MO. The video takes you on a walk through the museum that documents just how Johnny Morris started the famed outdoor store. In the museum you'll see picture from when he was a kid fishing the White River with his parents, a mock up of the Brown Derby Liquor Store, where he talked his father into giving him some space to sell bass fishing tackle, tournament trophies from his Bassmaster Trail days and an original 16-foot Bass Tracker boat.

After the museum, I tracked down the original Brown Derby Liquor Store, in downtown Springfield. The store still stands but it's vacant and for sale. Vintage pictures and an ad allow you to see the way the building looked in the early days of Bass Pro Shops.

We hope you enjoy the video.

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