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Washita (wŏsh`ĭtô), river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Texas Panhandle near the Okla. line and flowing generally SE across Oklahoma to Lake Texoma or the Red River. The Native American name is another spelling of Ouachita. Fort Cobb Dam on Pond Creek and Foss Dam on the river both serve the Washita basin project. The battle of the Washita (1868), in which General Custer defeated the Cheyenne, took place on the river, near the town of Cheyenne, Okla.; the location is now the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site. Ouachita, Washita a river in the S central US, rising in the Ouachita Mountains and flowing east, south, and southeast into the Red River in E Louisiana. Length: 974 km (605 miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jefferson's Western Explorations: Discoveries Made In Exploring The Missouri, Red River, And Washita presents a historical reproduction of the document delineating President Thomas Jefferson's 1806 "Message from the President", a summary of not only the Lewis and Clark expedition, but of other expeditions of the time. Specific events and people occurring in the poem include the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre and the role of Colonel John Chivington; the arrival of horses (and Europeans) on the continent; the Siege of Tenochtitlan and the roles of Cortes and Montezuma; the 1868 Battle of Washita with Major General Philip Sheridan and Black Kettle; the 1870 Marias River massacre in Montana; the 1874 Battle of Palo Duro Canyon and Ranald Mckenzie, including Custer's command to slaughter eight hundred ponies and mules. Every year at the Washita County Fair, the same contestants seem destined to win blue ribbons in the same events: Slim Bacon for his hogs; Beatrice Clover for her sunflowers and wild honey; Winnie Oates and her horse Lightning in the plowhorse race. |
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