Military Facilities in Oklahoma - Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Oklahoma, Forts in Oklahoma, Fort Washita (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Oklahoma, Forts in Oklahoma, Fort Washita, Tinker Air Force Base, Tulsa International Airport, Altus Air Force Base, Will Rogers World Airport, Fort Sill, Fort Reno, Fort Gibson, Vance Air Force Base, Camp Gruber, Oklaholma City Air Force Station, Fort Supply, Hatbox Field, Clarence E. Page Municipal Airport, El Reno Regional Airport, Ponca City Regional Airport, Ardmore Air Force Base, Frederick Regional Airport, Enid Armory, Bartlesville Air Force Station, Perry Municipal Airport, Fort Towson, Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma, Fort McCulloch, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Miami Municipal Airport, Camp Nichols, Chickasaw Municipal Airport, Okmulgee Regional Airport, Wagoner Armory, Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field, Fort Wayne, Fort Arbuckle, Theldor Airfield, Fort Cobb, Norman Naval Air Station. Excerpt: Fort Washita is the former United States military post and National Historic Landmark located near Nida, Oklahoma on SH 199. Established in 1842 by General (later President) Zachary Taylor to protect citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations from the plains indians it was later abandoned by Federal forces at the beginning of the American Civil War. Confederate troops held the post until the end of the war when they burned the remaining structures. It was never reoccupied by the United States military. After years in private hands the Oklahoma Historical Society bought the fort grounds in 1962 and restored the site. Today the Fort Washita Historic Site and Museum is a tourist attraction and hosts several events throughout the year. West barracks in 1975France was the first European power to claim the region Fort Washita lies within. La Salle explored the Mississippi River in 1682 and claimed all the lands it drained for France. After the Seven Years' War France ceded...