WASHITA RIVER


Meaning of WASHITA RIVER in English

River, west-and south-central Oklahoma, U.S. It rises in northwestern Texas and flows east across the Oklahoma boundary, then southeast to south-central Oklahoma, and south into the Red River .

It is 626 mi (1,007 km) long. The Battle of the Washita (November 1868), in which Gen. George Custer attacked a Cheyenne Indian encampment, took place near Cheyenne.

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