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trumpetguy
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On Saturday, I needed a long ride so I planned a route from my home in western Oklahoma into the Texas panhandle and back through some of my favorite roads in that area. I got my 1982 GS1100E ready, packed a lunch, and rode off.
My first stop about 80 miles away was Cheyenne, OK, site in November 1868 of the Battle of the Wash!ta (or Wash!ta Massacre) [please imagine an i in place of ! -- the profanity filter won't let me spell the name of the site] where Custer's troops staged a pre-dawn attack on a sleeping Cheyenne camp. Estimates vary as to the number of dead, but around 50 Cheyenne were killed, including women and children. Custer's men also shot 700-800 horses, the main revenue source of the Cheyenne.
Here is the battle site:
There is a wonderful new visitor center at the Wa****a Battlefield site (operated by the National Park Service). Here is the American flag flying outside the center:
After eating lunch in Cheyenne, I headed west for the Texas panhandle, and made my way to Canadian, TX before starting my loop back into northwest Oklahoma. Once back in Oklahoma, I detoured to the small town of Shattuck, home since 1994 to a really cool outdoor museum dedicated to the windmill. Each one is labeled with the date of its general use. There are many varieties:
On the way home from Shattuck, I detoured again to one of my favorite twisty county roads along Canadian river valley. I got home after 317 miles, tired but happy.
My first stop about 80 miles away was Cheyenne, OK, site in November 1868 of the Battle of the Wash!ta (or Wash!ta Massacre) [please imagine an i in place of ! -- the profanity filter won't let me spell the name of the site] where Custer's troops staged a pre-dawn attack on a sleeping Cheyenne camp. Estimates vary as to the number of dead, but around 50 Cheyenne were killed, including women and children. Custer's men also shot 700-800 horses, the main revenue source of the Cheyenne.
Here is the battle site:
There is a wonderful new visitor center at the Wa****a Battlefield site (operated by the National Park Service). Here is the American flag flying outside the center:
After eating lunch in Cheyenne, I headed west for the Texas panhandle, and made my way to Canadian, TX before starting my loop back into northwest Oklahoma. Once back in Oklahoma, I detoured to the small town of Shattuck, home since 1994 to a really cool outdoor museum dedicated to the windmill. Each one is labeled with the date of its general use. There are many varieties:
On the way home from Shattuck, I detoured again to one of my favorite twisty county roads along Canadian river valley. I got home after 317 miles, tired but happy.
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