Devil's Canyon (Kiowa County, Oklahoma)

For the Oklahoma National Natural Landmark, see Devil's Canyon (Canadian County, Oklahoma)

Devil's Canyon
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Lugert, Oklahoma
Coordinates	34°50′09″N99°15′19″W / 34.835833°N 99.255278°W / 34.835833; -99.255278
Area	738 acres (299 ha)
NRHP reference No.	72001066 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 20, 1972

Devil's Canyon, in present-day Kiowa County, Oklahoma, was the site of the first formal contact between the United States government and the Plains Indians. On July 21, 1834, US troops under the command of Col. Henry Dodge escorted government officials to a peace conference at the Wichita village on the prairie at the confluence of the canyon and the North Fork of the Red River.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.