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Strong City remained a competitor for a while, and in 1932 managed to route a state highway (Oklahoma State Highway 33) [7] through the locale, thus missing Cheyenne. [6] But in the 1930s several business houses relocated from Strong City to Cheyenne, losing that town population and businesses while Cheyenne grew during the decade.
The site is located about 150 miles (241 km) west of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, near Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Just before dawn on November 27, 1868, the village was attacked by the 7th U.S. Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Custer. In the Battle of Washita, the Cheyenne suffered large numbers of casualties. The strike was hailed at the time by the ...
It terminated about two miles from an existing tent city called Oakdale, consisting of a store and post office on the former Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation. The Oakdale post office was renamed Mountain View, honoring the nearby Wichita Mountains, on October 9, 1900. [6] In 1903, the entire town relocated to a site closer to the railroad.
Roger Mills County takes its name from Roger Q. Mills, an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later senator from Texas. [4] [5] The town of Cheyenne in Roger Mills County is the location of the Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita; Washita Battlefield and the Washita Massacre), where George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry ...
Corn is located 13 miles northeast of Cordell in west-central Oklahoma. [ 5 ] The U.S. Census Bureau , reports that the town has a total area of 0.357 square miles (0.92 km 2 ), all land.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,009 square miles (2,610 km 2), of which 1,006 square miles (2,610 km 2) is land and 5.6 square miles (15 km 2) (0.6%) is water. [8] The county lies in the Western Redbeds Plains sub-region of the Osage Plains.
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Edmond is located just north of Oklahoma City in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 87.9 square miles (228 km 2 ), of which 85.1 square miles (220 km 2 ) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2 ) or 3.19% is water.