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Devil's Canyon
Devil's Canyon (Kiowa County, Oklahoma) is located in Oklahoma
Devil's Canyon (Kiowa County, Oklahoma)
Location in Oklahoma
Devil's Canyon (Kiowa County, Oklahoma) is located in the United States
Devil's Canyon (Kiowa County, Oklahoma)
Location in the United States
Nearest city Lugert, Oklahoma
Area 738 acres (299 ha)
NRHP reference No. 72001066
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.

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