• Along the Washita - 1868 by Gene V. Dougherty

    Washita Battlefield

    National Historic Site Oklahoma

Things To Do

Useful websites to plan your vacation or a weekend of discovery:

USDA Black Kettle National Grasslands: www.fs.fed.us/r3/cibola/districts/black.shtml

Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma: www.greatplainstrail.com or www.owpha.org

Roger Mills County, OK: www.rogermills.org

Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce: http://www.cheyenneokchamberofcommerce.com/

Elk City Chamber of Commerce: www.elkcitychamber.com

Foss Lake State Park: http://www.facebook.com/#!/foss.state.park?fref=ts or http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.2848Washita

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Southwest Region: southwest.fws.gov

Metcalfe Museum: http://metcalfemuseum.org/

Did You Know?

Doxey Shale

The distant hills north of Washita Battlefield are called the Horseshoe Hills. These hills were formed as a result of erosion of the softer surrounding material about 250 million years ago, leaving the harder Doxey Shale behind.