7 parks in Oklahoma
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National Historic Trail
Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
Arizona, Arkansas, California +4
In 1857, businessman and transportation entrepreneur John Butterfield was awarded a contract to establish an overland mail route between the eastern United States an…
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National Recreation Area
Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Oklahoma
Springs, streams, lakes - whatever its form, water is the attraction at Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
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National Historic Site
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Arkansas, Oklahoma
Explore life on the edge of frontier and Indian Territory through the stories of soldiers, the Trail of Tears, scandals, outlaws, and lawmen who pursued them. From t…
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National Memorial
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oklahoma
The outdoor symbolic memorial is a place of quiet reflection, honoring victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed forever on April 19, 1995. It encompass…
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National Historic Trail
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Colorado, Kansas, Missouri +2
You can almost hear the whoops and cries of "All's set!" as trail hands hitched their oxen to freight wagons carrying cargo between western Missouri and Santa Fe, Ne…
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National Historic Trail
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia +6
Remember and commemorate the survival of the Cherokee people, forcefully removed from their homelands in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee to live in Indian Territory,…
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National Historic Site
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Oklahoma
On November 27, 1868, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the 7th US Cavalry on a surprise dawn attack on a Cheyenne village led by Peace Chief Black Kettle. The…
