Chickasaw National Recreation Area - Sulphur, OK - Travertine Nature Center
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gparkes
N 34° 30.245 W 096° 56.971
14S E 688246 N 3819958
Chickasaw National Recreation Area was originally called Platt National Park. This National Park Stamp can be found in two locations, this one at the park's nature center.
Waymark Code: WM8727
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2010
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
In 1902, Congress saw fit to preserve the area's natural springs within the Platt National Park. Through the years, many visitors have come to appreciate the areas beauty and water resources. Until 1976, this was the smallest of all of the nations National Parks, weighing in at only 800 acres. In 1976, however, the park was absorbed in to the larger, Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
In 1966, The Lake of the Arbuckles was constructed underneath the guidance of the Bureau of Reclamation. Also know as the Arbucke Lake, this became the center of focus for the new Chickasaw National Recreation Area. The combined protection of land, may have changed the focus, but not the draw to people; the call of the great outdoors.