A permanent exhibit relating to the remarkable Bud and Temple Abernathy is being planned at Frederick's Pioneer Townsite Museum.

Anyone who has items relating to the Abernathy boys or their father Jack "Catch 'em Alive" Abernathy, and who would be willing to loan or donate those items for exhibit, is encouraged to contact Frances Goodknight or Jimmy Espinosa at the museum, 580-335-5844.

Bud and Temple Abernathy are known for many amazing exploits as youngsters. They are most famous for a 1910 trip by horseback from Frederick to New York City where they met former President and family friend Theodore Roosevelt on his return from an African safari. Along the way, the two boys, age six and ten, were honored by mayors and dignitaries, they met one of the Wright brothers in Ohio and they visited with President William Howard Taft in Washington, D.C.

The boys made the trip back to Oklahoma from New York City driving a Brush automobile.

The boys' 1910 trip was well-documented in news clippings and photographs. Several books have been written about their remarkable exploits.

A statue of the two boys was dedicated in 2006 on the Tillman County Courthouse Square in Frederick, near the Pioneer Townsite entrance.