| Apache
Wye |
350237N
- 0982123W |
| Junction
of hwy 281 hwy 62 hwy 9
West of Anadarko |
| Cache
Creek |
|
| Cache
creek and township took
their names from the
Wichita Indian custom of
'caching' or burying
vegetables, corn, tobacco
and other articles in a
sort of pit or cistern
when they left their
homes to hunt buffalo |
| Dead
Woman Mound |
|
| The
weirdest lot of the Caddo
Mounds 12 miles west of
Hinton. A legendary name
given by an early day
rancher who found and
buried the body of a
woman at the foot of the
mound. |
| Fort
Cobb |
|
| E.
of the present town of Ft
Cobb. Named for Howell
Cobb the secretary of the
treasure under President
Buchanan. The stockade
fort was established for
protection of the
Wichitas from wild tribes
when they were brought
from Texas in 1858.
Confederates occupied the
fort during the Civil
War. After the Battle of
the Washita, Generals
Sheridan and Custer spent
several months there
before moving on to
establish Ft. Sill. It is
thought also that General
Albert Pike was stationed
there at some time as
records show supply
orders he made. |
| Ghost
Mound |
|
| One
of the Caddo Mounds, A
distinctive land feature
9 mi. S. of Hydro. No one
seems to know the origin
of the name but all agree
it is so named because it
stands apart from the
others, and its forlorn,
destitute figure entitles
it to the name of Ghost.
Legend attributes much
Indian ceremonial
significance to the site.
|
| Hog
Creek |
|
| The
stream west of Anadarko
was probably first called
Hog Creek, because of the
droves of wild hogs in
the vicinity, by the
party of surveyors who
were sent out in 1858 to
establish boundary lines
for the proposed new
colonies for the Texas
tribes, under leadership
of Colonel Cooper of
Texas who selected the
place for the Wichita
Mission. The first survey
records show the stream
marked as Hog Creek. |
| Horse
Thief Canyon |
|
| This
"canyon" about
ten miles northwest of
Anadarko was used as a
hiding out place for
different bands of horse
theives in the days
before statehood. |
| I
County |
|
| Original
name for Caddo County,
Oklahoma Territory. The
name was changed to Caddo
County on November 8,
1902. |
| Indian
City |
350214N
- 0981332W |
| tourist
attraction 2 mi. S. of
Anadarko |
| Leeper
Creek |
|
| This
creek was named for
Matthew Leeper, Wichita
Agent from 1858 to 1862.
He remained at his post
when the agency was taken
over by the Confederacy,
narrowly escaping death
from a party of Union
sympathizing Indians who
destroyed the agency and
almost wiped out the
Tonkawa Confederates
October 23-24, 1862.
Leeper hid in a small
revine until the party
was gone. |
| Nowhere |
350933N
- 0982631W |
| SE.
of Fort Cobb State Park |
| Powder
Face Crossing |
|
| Powder
Face crossing over the
South Canadian from Caddo
into Canadian county and
seven miles northeast of
Hinton, was one of the
few river crossings used
before the country was
opened to settlement. It
was named for Chief
Powder Face. |
| Rock
Mary |
|
| 3
mi. W. of Hinton.
landmark for travelers on
the California Trail.
named in 1849 for Mary
Conway, daughter of the
governor of Arkansas |
| Squaretop |
350431N
- 0981805W |
| 2 mi W of
Anadarko |
| Sugar
Creek |
|
| Comanches
called the creek 'penah'
meaning sugar, and the
name was translated
literally into English. |
| Three-Way
Corner |
351727N
- 0982442W |
| |
| Tonkawa
Creek |
|
| A
township and a creek
today mark the site of a
massacre in which the
Tonkawa Indians were
almost wiped from the
earth on the night of
October 23, 1862. About
300 strong, their
organization said to be
made up of remnants of
other tribes, they were
never friendly with other
tribes of the vicinity.
Using the Tonkawa loyalty
to the Confederacy as an
excuse to settle old
grudges, a band of Union
sympathizing Shawnees,
Caddos, Delawares,
Wichitas, Wacos, Keechi,
Cherokees, Seminoles and
Creeks, attacked them,
after destroying the
Wichita Agency here.
About 137 were killed.
The rest fled to Ft.
Griffen, Texas. The 92
surviving in 1884, were
moved to the Oakland
Agency near Ponca City. |
| Washita
River |
|
| According
to one story the river
was called Washita, and
not Wichita to correspond
to the Indian tribe, by
French trappers and
fishermen who came from
the north and mistook it
for the Washita River in
Arkansas, which is about
the same size. Sometimes
it is termed the False
Washita. Indians called
it Elm Creek. La Harpe, a
French explorer in 1719
said the names, Washita,
Wichita and Ouiehita were
all the same, named for
the natives of this
region. |
| Wilson
Creek |
|
| It
has its beginning between
Hinton and Lookeba and is
so known as the principal
headwater of Sugar Creek,
a tributary of the
Washita. Named in honor
of a Caddoean Indian
Chief who lived at the
head of the canyon
through which the creek
flows. |
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