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Red Carpet Country, Oklahoma

Perry Billings Ponca City Kaw City Tonkawa Blackwell Newkirk Covington Medford Enid Kingfisher Geary Watonga Canton Okeene Ames Fairview Cleo Springs Cherokee Aline Cheyenne Vici Arnett Shattuck Woodward Waynoka Alva Freedom Buffalo Laverne Gate Beaver Goodwell Guymon Boise City Texhoma Red Carpet Country, Oklahoma

A vast prehistoric sea that covered what's now northwestern Oklahoma colored the soil a deep red-brown -- and left a few other surprised as well. Like the cedar-flecked canyons in Roman Nose State Park, carved by receding water, or the Alabaster Caverns, the world's largest gypsum-lined cave. Shifting sand dunes tower 40 feet high at Little Sahara State Park and the 4,973-foot-high, lava topped Black Mesa near Kenton was created by an ancient volcano. The mesa, the state's highest point, has long been a have for wildlife and for hikers -- some of them bigger than others, as nearby dinosaur footprints testify. The prairies were once dotted with tipis; northwest Oklahoma were the winter campgrounds for the Cheyenne-- the last great herd of buffalo on the Oklahoma plains was spotted near Fort Supply in the 1870s. Two decades later, the largest of all the land runs took place when the Cherokee Outlet was opened in1893 to settlement. In a single afternoon, 100,000 men and women raced to claim 160-acre quarter-sections; some of their great-grandchildren still live on original homesteads. In Aline, the Sod House Museum shelters the only remaining sod house in the state, built in 1849.

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Watonga, OK
Region : Red Carpet Country, OK
Watonga , OKHistoric Watonga is the County Seat of Blaine County, and was an early fort and post office station named after the Arapahoe chief, Watangaa (Black Coyote). It was settled in the run of 1892, and has retained its beautiful turn-of-the-century architecture in the downtown area. Today with a populatio... more on Watonga

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Optima Lake
Region : Red Carpet Country, OK
Optima LakeOptima Lake is located in the panhandle of Oklahoma in Texas County on the Beaver River, approximately 4 1/2 miles northeast of Hardesty, and 20 miles east of Guymon. The Angler Point Public Use Area located below the dam has 21 campsites with electricity, however, it has been closed due to lack of ... more on Optima Lake

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Cherokee Strip Museum
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Cherokee Strip MuseumThrough the use of artifacts, photographs, and documents the museum traces the history of the Cherokee Outlet and its people. In addition to exhibits detailing the chronological history of life in the Outlet, there are vignettes of a *General Store, * Kitchen, * Music Room, and offices of early d... more on Cherokee Strip Museum

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Canadian Rivers Historical Society Museum
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Area's first log jail, train caboose, furnished 1901 home. ... more on Canadian Rivers Historical Society Museum