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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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