The great health giving Mecca and summer resort: Platt National Park, the early years
Mcchristian DC. 2003. The great health giving Mecca and summer resort: Platt National Park, the early years. Historic Resource Study. Santa Fe Support Office, National Park Service
This study examines the early history of that section of Chickasaw National Recreation Area originally known as Platt National Park. For many decades, Platt enjoyed a reputation for being the National Park System’s smallest national park, at somewhat over 600 acres, yet it became one of the most heavily visited due largely to its location midway between growing metropolitan areas, Oklahoma City and Dallas/Fort Worth. There were, in fact, political attempts to transfer it to the State of Oklahoma, or at best, demote the park to the status of a national monument, because of a perception that it lacked the exceptional resources normally associated with the likes of Yellowstone and Grand Canyon. Nevertheless, the park survived, due in no small part to the fervent support of the townspeople of adjacent Sulphur, Oklahoma.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Mcchristian, Douglas
- Date of Issue
- 2003-06
- Publisher
- Santa Fe Support Office, National Park Service
- Units
- CHIC , HIST
- Keywords
- Cultural Resources, ehistory, History, New Deal, Oklahoma, Platt National Park