Thunder Express at Dollywood was the park's first roller coaster and featured a mine theme.

Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., adds all-new stunts in its second season

Seven local charities benefit from Dixie Stampede benefit show donations

Part musical, part rodeo and Wild West show, Dolly Parton's Stampede thundered into Pigeon Forge, Tenn., in June of 1988.

Dolly’s Celebrity Theater opened to guests at her theme park, Dollywood in 1988