We traveled to Elk Creek RV Park in Elk City, OK on 11/08/2006. We visited Washita Battlefield National Historic Site in Cheyenne, OK on 11/11/2006. The Battle of the Washita was just one of many between the Cheyenne people and the U.S. Army. On November 12, 1867, the Seventh U.S. Cavalry under the command of Lt. Col. George A. Custer attacked the Cheyenne Village of Chief Black Kettle. Washita Battlefield NHS was established in 1996 to preserve this important Southern Plains Indian War site. The picture is of Washita Battlefield National Historic Site from Overlook.
On the way back to the RV we visited the Roll One Room School House in Cheyenne, OK. The school was built in 1903 for $200 by the fathers of the community under the direction of Mr. Bill Hanawalt. In 1943, the school consolidated with Crawford and the building became a community center. The picture is of the One Room School taken thru a window.
Then we arrived at Briscoe’s RV Park in Oklahoma City, OK on 11/16/2006. On 11/19/2006 and 11/20/2006 we visited both the OK Capitol and the Oklahoma City National Memorial both in Oklahoma City, OK. Construction on the Capitol began on July 20, 1914, and was completed on July 1, 1917. The Dome was added and completed and dedicated on Oklahoma’s Statehood Day, 11/16/2002. The state capitol grounds are famous for active oil wells located there (Oklahoma City sits directly on top of the Oklahoma City Oil Field) and remains the only state capitol with oil rigs on the property. The picture is of OK Capitol South Side.
The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum was created to honor those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The picture is of Oklahoma City National Memorial from Survivor Tree location.
