· That the Lake of the Ozarks was born in 1931 when Bagnell Dam was completed.

· That Bagnell Dam has 8 turbines capable of generating 212 million watts of electricity & pumping 1.4 million gallons of water per second.

· That at its lowest point Bagnell Dam is 130 feet below the surface of the lake.

· That the entire operation of Bagnell Dam is controlled by one man at a computer.

· That Bagnell Dam is 2,543’ long and supports a 20’ wide roadway and a 3’ sidewalk

· That Bagnell Dam was originally built to supply electricity to St. Louis.

· That to build the dam workmen mapped 100 square miles & cleared 30,000 acres.

· That during the Depression of the 1930s, the Bagnell Dam project provided one of the few bright spots in the nations economy by creating 10,000 jobs and eventually employing 25,000 men over a period of four years to fill those positions.

· That Lake of the Ozarks 1,375 miles of shoreline is longer than the entire state of California.

· That the lake’s surface water covers 61,000 square miles.

· That at full pool the lake holds 617 billion gallons or 87 cubic feet of water, enough to supply the entire city of St. Louis for 12 years.

· That Lake of the Ozarks is the largest privately owned lake in the United States.

· That the surrounding areas of Camden, Miller and Morgan counties hosts some 4 million tourists each year.

· That 40 percent of Missourians who own two homes, own one at Lake of the Ozarks.

· That the lake stretches from Bagnell Dam in the town of Lake Ozark, 92 miles in a northwesterly direction to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam on Truman Lake.

· That there are some 70,000 boat docks on the lake.

· That nearly 100,000 boaters use the lake on summer holiday weekends.

· That the average daily temperature of the lake area during summer is 89.7 degrees and in winter it averages a mild 45.5 degrees.

· That because of its unusual shape, the Lake of the Ozarks has been given the nickname, Magic Dragon.