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Wichita Mountain Fun: The Story of the FRANK RUSH FAMILY in the Wichita Mountains and CRATERVILLE PARK
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781681793788
Publisher: Nortex Press
Published: Sep 13 2024
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Frank Rush family lived in and around the Wichita Mountains from 1901 until 1966. During those sixty-five years, it is safe to say that almost every person living in Southwest Oklahoma visited a site managed or owned by Frank S. Rush or E. Frank Rush.
Frank S. Rush was the first Forest Supervisor of the Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve. Starting in 1906, he was in charge of the reintroduction of Buffalo to their native home in the Wichita Mountains. While there, he accomplished that task and a great deal more. After his retirement in 1923, he founded Craterville Park near the south gate of the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. Craterville Park contained an abundance of attractions and was the site of historic early-day rodeos and Indian powwows.
His son, E. Frank Rush inherited Craterville Park in 1933 and continued to enhance and promote the park's family entertainment. During the Land Grab of 1957, Fort Sill's expansion forced the park to close. E. Frank Rush relocated the park to the new Craterville Park site near Quartz Mountain State Park. He also owned two Rocking R Ranch locations. The first ranch was part of the original Craterville Park property. In 1957, the ranch was reestablished near Meers, Oklahoma. That same year, the park's rodeo operation and the Indian Curio store were reestablished at Cache, Oklahoma.
Preserved in the collections of the Rush family are hundreds of original photographs, news stories, written accounts, and memorabilia. The goal of this book is to share those personal keepsakes with the public.
The book is fun, entertaining, and occasionally traumatic, but, for the most part, historic. Frank Rush III has composed the intriguing heritage of his family and their connections with the Wichita Mountains.
Frank Rush III notes, I love what my friend Red Steagall said about them, 'They were ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
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