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- Chickasha
Chickasha, city (1990 pop. 14,988), seat of Grady co., S central Okla., on the Washita River; inc. 1898. It lies in an agricultural area. Chickasha manufactures furniture, medical equipment an...
- Durant
Durant, city (1990 pop. 12,823), seat of Bryan co., S central Okla., in the Red River valley farm area; inc. 1873. It is the commercial and processing center for an agricultural region where p...
- Black Kettle
Black Kettle, d. 1868, chief of the southern Cheyenne in Colorado. His attempt to make peace (1864) with the white men ended in the massacre of about half his people at Sand Creek. Despite thi...
- Cheyenne, indigenous people of North America
Cheyenne, indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Cheyenne abandoned...
- Custer, George Armstrong
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839–76, American army officer, b. New Rumley, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1861. Custer fought in the Civil War at the first battle of Bull Run, distinguished himself as ...
- Oklahoma
Oklahoma, state in SW United States. It is bordered by Missouri and Arkansas (E); Texas, partially across the Red R. (S, W); New Mexico, across the narrow edge of the Oklahoma Panhandle (W); a...
- National Parks and Monuments (table)
National Parks and Monuments1BFBattlefieldBPBattlefield ParkBSBattlefield SiteHPHistorical ParkHSHistoric SiteHTHistoric TrailISInternational Historic SiteLSLakeshoreMMMemorialMOMonumentMPMili...
