It seems that there was an empty space in Highland Park Village just across the street from the S&S Tearoom. It was Mel who convinced him to partner in a restaurant. to former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Craig Morton and his pal restaurateur Mel Harris. kept him busy, and his collection of friends only expanded from college days including Ray Hunt and Carl Sewell Jr. (1970-89), Western Oil Fields (1969-71), Sunshine Mining, BancTEXAS Group Inc., El Chico Inc. Over the next couple of decades, a variety of business ventures like Summit Energy Inc. In 1969, the 32-year-old Jack and his partners bought the park, forming Six Flags Over Texas Fund Ltd., known today as Texas Flags Ltd., which today owns the Six Flags Over Texas real estate and facilities. He had envisioned the project as a “short-term operation” but “recouped his personal investment of $3.5 million within 18 months and changed his mind about the park’s temporary status.” Hamburgers cost 50 cents and sodas went for a dime. The price of admission was $2.75 for an adult and $2.25 for a child. had built an amusement park in Arlington called Six Flags Over Texas in 1961. While Jack was preparing for his law career and creating Knox Land and Cattle Company, another entrepreneur by the name of Angus Wynne Jr.

And there was something about his manner that was a combination of western ingenuity and southern gentility. With both a degree in English (1960) and a law degree from SMU (1963), plus chiseled good looks, diamond blue eyes and a dazzling smile, the Breckinridge native who was raised in Weatherford just shone when he walked into a room. Back in the 1960s, Jack Knox was that tall drink of water that any mom would have wanted for her daughter’s beau.

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