Medicine Park is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, situated in the Wichita Mountains near the entrance to the 60,000 acre Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. Medicine Park has a long history as a vintage cobblestone resort town. Medicine Park is also located near the city of Lawton, Oklahoma and Fort Sill. Many of the original structures are constructed out of naturally formed cobblestones—these red granite cobblestones are unique to the Wichita Mountains.  Medicine Park, Oklahoma, on the edge of the Wichita Wildlife Refuge with Mt. Scott as a backdrop, began its life in 1908 the year following the return of the bison to Wildlife Refuge by Teddy Roosevelt. Medicine Park, the brainchild of long time Senator from Oklahoma Elmer Thomas, was the first planned resort town in Oklahoma with its centerpiece being Bath and Gondola Lakes with its swimming and fishing. Elmer Thomas built resort cabins, a large swimming pool on Medicine Creek, a skating rink, a dance hall, and other tourist attractions. The eccentric cobblestone cottages are built with a red, round cannonball-sized stone which is a unique natural formation occurring in the Wichita Mountains. In 1926, ownership passed to a group of shareholders who converted the park into a private, members-only retreat. After a public outcry, most of the facilities were returned to public use.