Oklahoma history

  • The Cutthroat Gap Massacre: A Forgotten Tragedy in Oklahoma’s Plains History

    In the summer of 1833, an Osage arrow found in a Kiowa camp near Rainy Mountain Creek sparked a chain of events that would lead to one of the most devastating attacks in Southern Plains history. At dawn, Osage warriors descended on Chief A’date’s vulnerable camp at what is now Cutthroat Gap in southwestern Oklahoma,…

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  • Welcome to Oklahoma Shadow

    Welcome to Oklahoma Shadow

    Welcome to my new site, Oklahoma Shadows. Here we are going to look at some of the most notorious events and murders that helped shape our state’s history.

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