Devil's Canyon (Kiowa County, Oklahoma)
34°50′09″N 99°15′19″W / 34.835833°N 99.255278°W
Devil's Canyon | |
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| Nearest city | Lugert, Oklahoma |
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| Area | 738 acres (299 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001066[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 20, 1972 |
Devil's Canyon, in present-day Kiowa County, Oklahoma, was the site of the first formal contact between the United States government and the Plains Indians. On July 21, 1834, US troops under the command of Col. Henry Dodge escorted government officials to a peace conference at the Wichita village on the prairie at the confluence of the canyon and the North Fork of the Red River.
It is currently listed as one of Oklahoma's three National Natural Landmarks by the National Park Service, having been designated as such in 1974. The other two are McCurtain County Wilderness Area (designated 1974) and the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge (designated 1983).[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Natural Landmarks by state: Oklahoma". www.nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
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