Wichita Agency
Wichita Agency
Wachita Agency
First U.S. Indian agency in Western Oklahoma, opened on 1859 for the Wachita and other exiled tribes.
Treaties for Confederate States made this agency, 1861.
Agency burned in attack by Northern Indians, 1862
Re-established at Anadarko after the Civil War.
First U.S. Indian agency in Western Oklahoma, opened on 1859 for the Wachita and other exiled tribes.
Treaties for Confederate States made this agency, 1861.
Agency burned in attack by Northern Indians, 1862
Re-established at Anadarko after the Civil War.
Location
Directions
Location of Marker: on U.S. Highway 62 about 8 miles southwest of Anadarko, at junction with county road leading north to Washita, Caddo County.
Regions
Caddo County
Great Plains Country
OklahomaMaps
- No GPS Location Mapped
Pictures
Oklahoma Historical Society
