In 1961, a man by the name of Wilson Rawls wrote the American classic "Where the Red Fer Grows," a love story about a boy and his two redbone coonhounds growing up poor in the Oklahoma Ozarks. In 1974, it was adapted for the silver screen and filmed here in Colcord, Oklahoma.

This sign commemorates the 50th anniversary of the movie and the iconic spot where Billy Coleman found the inspiration tor his puppies' names Little Ann and Old Dan.

it looks like the trails continues across the stream - turns out that was only another creek bed and not a trail, but it led me to another trail (and a way out)

at this point, I thought the trail ended...but it continued up this scramble

this is the trail after the scramble

this is where I came out - on the other side of the park