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Monument Rocks (also Chalk Pyramids) are a series of large chalk formations in Gove County, Kansas, rich in fossils. The formations were the first landmark in Kansas chosen by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark. The chalk formations reach a height of up to 70 ft (21 m) and include formations such as buttes and ...
The McLemore Site is located on a terrace overlooking Cobb Creek outside the town of Colony in central western Oklahoma. The first major archaeological investigation took place in 1960 under the auspices of Dr. Robert E. Bell of Oklahoma State University. Three sections of the site were excavated: an area of cache and refuse pits, an area once ...
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Oklahoma that are designated on the National Register of Historic Places. Listings are distributed across all of Oklahoma's 77 counties . The following are approximate unofficial tallies of current listings by county.
Located about 400 miles northeast of Spiro near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, Cahokia was the largest and most impressive of all the Mississippian towns. Mineralogical analysis of some of the most beautiful stone effigy pipes found at Spiro, including the famous "Grizzly Man" or "Kneeling Rattler" pipe, have shown they ...
Hockerville is a ghost town in northern Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] Hockerville was a mining community near the Kansas-Oklahoma border; it once had more than 500 residents. At least 18 mines operated in the Hockerville area in 1918 alone.
January 20, 1999 (Tulsa: Tulsa: One of finest examples of ecclesiastical Art Deco architecture in the U.S. : 5: Camp Nichols: Camp Nichols: May 23, 1963 (Wheeless: Cimarron: Ruins of fort built by Kit Carson to protect the Cimarron Cutoff trail (Santa Fe Trail) followers from hostile Kiowa and Apache.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
This is a list of all National Historic Landmarks designated by the U.S. government in Kansas.There are 26 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Kansas. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.