Just one year ago, Medicine Park was under threat of burning down. <\/p>\n
A grass fire, fanned by high winds, scorched a path through the Wichita Mountains. <\/p>\n
After the fire was doused, 13 homes and 5500 acres had burned. <\/p>\n
Quite a different scene a year later, as the town hosts the first \"Pork in the Park BBQ Festival.\" <\/p>\n
\"We've kind of got the music thing down,\" said Mayor Dwight Cope, \"we've got several music festivals that go on, and this will bring in a little bit different group of people.\" <\/p>\n
With live music, plenty of good food and people all around, residents said the festival is proof, Medicine Park is a town that just won't quit. <\/p>\n
\"It's just a natural progression, you know?\" said Cope, \"We're going to get up and we're going to come back and do something.\" <\/p>\n
Ronnie Burchfield owns the White Buffalo Trading Post in Medicine Park. <\/p>\n
He said after the fires, the town pulled together and made it a point to get back to what they do best, showing people a good time. <\/p>\n
Burchfield said that's good for the town, and his bottom line. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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