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Oklahoma National Park Units

Name Classification Date* Hectares Acres Features
Chickasaw National Recreation Area 1902 4,002 9,889 Partially forested, rolling hills; mineral springs, streams, and lakes
Fort Smith National Historic Site 1961 30 75 Early U.S. military post in the Louisiana Territory; established to monitor various Native American peoples (Also in Arkansas)
Oklahoma City National Memorial 1997 2.5 6.2 Memorial on the site of the 1995 terrorist bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah federal building
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site 1965 127 315 Site of a major battle between several Plains tribes and the U.S. Army in 1868
* Earliest date of federal government involvement with the area.

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