Rosella Hightower, a Chickasaw ballerina born on Wolf Creek south and east of this place on 1/20/1920, became prima ballerina of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, the original Ballet Russe, the American Ballet Theatre, and the Marquis de Cuveas Grand Ballet, and later served as Director of Dance at the Paris Opera Ballet. The U.S. produced five world-leading prima ballerinas dancing at the same time, an achievement no other nation matched, and all five were from the eastern half of Oklahoma and of Indian heritage: Yvonne Chouteau of the Cherokee, born at Vinita; Moscelyne Larkin of the Peoria, from Miami; Maria and Marjorie Tallchief of the Osage, from Fairfax; and Rosella Hightower of the Chickasaw, from Durwood. In 1915, Selden T. Lindsey rented a house east of Mulkey to Joseph Segler, the stepfather of Edgar Hightower, Rosella Hightower's father, and the father of Lula Ann Segler, who married Francis Callaway. Their son, Joseph A. Callaway, born north of Ardmore, gained an international reputation as a director, critic, and Shakespearean actor, reviewed theater in New York, London, and Paris on TV and radio for years, and gave shortwave commentaries from European and Asian capitals. Joe Segler's daughter and stepson thus sired southern Oklahoma's two most distinguished contributions to the arts.