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14,215 (in 2004) The Washita Battlefield National Historic Site is located just a few miles west of the town of Cheyenne, on the north side of Oklahoma State Highway 47. The main body of the site is located between SR 47A and the Washita River, with the visitor center located near the junction of 47 and 47A. It is completely surrounded by the ...
The Battle of the Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or the Washita Massacre[ 4]) occurred on November 27, 1868, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer 's 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle 's Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River (the present-day Washita Battlefield National Historic Site near Cheyenne, Oklahoma ).
The Washita County Courthouse in 2015. / 35.29°N 98.99°W / 35.29; -98.99. Washita County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,924. [ 1] Its county seat is New Cordell. [ 2] The county seat was formerly located in Cloud Chief. [ 3] The county was created in 1891.
The McLemore Site, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 34WA5, is a prehistoric archaeological site of the Southern Plains villagers located near Colony in Washita County, Oklahoma. It is the site of a prehistoric Plains Indian village, dating from AD 1330-1360, during the Washita River phase. [1] The site is of historic importance for being ...
The Washita River near Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. The Washita River ( / ˈwɑːʃɪtɑː /) is a river in the states of Texas and Oklahoma in the United States. The river is 295 miles (475 km) long and terminates at its confluence with the Red River, which is now part of Lake Texoma ( 33°55′N 96°35′W) on the Texas–Oklahoma border.
Cheyenne is the location of the Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita; Washita Battlefield; Washita Massacre), where George Armstrong Custer 's 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked the sleeping Cheyenne village of Black Kettle on the Washita River on November 26, 1868. Cheyenne has been a county seat since 1895.
Fort Washita is the former United States military post and National Historic Landmark located in Durant, Oklahoma on SH 199.Established in 1842 by General (later President) Zachary Taylor to protect citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations from the Plains Indians, it was later abandoned by Federal forces at the beginning of the American Civil War.
The Land Run of 1892 was the opening of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation to settlement in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. One of seven in Oklahoma, it occurred on April 19, 1892, and opened up land that would become Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Washita, and Roger Mills counties. [1] [2] The land run also opened up what would become part of Ellis County ...