Just one year ago, Medicine Park was under threat of burning down.

A grass fire, fanned by high winds, scorched a path through the Wichita Mountains.

After the fire was doused, 13 homes and 5500 acres had burned.

Quite a different scene a year later, as the town hosts the first "Pork in the Park BBQ Festival."

"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."

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.

"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."

Ronnie Burchfield owns the White Buffalo Trading Post in Medicine Park.

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.

Burchfield said that's good for the town, and his bottom line.

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Medicine Park: 1 Year Later