Fort Washita

Fort Washita is the former United States military post and National Historic Landmark located in on SH 199. Established in 1842 by General Zachary Taylor to protect citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations from the Plains Indians, it was later abandoned by Federal forces at the beginning of the American Civil War.
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is a town in , , United States. is situated 6 miles southeast of Fort Washita.

Fort Washita

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Latitude
34.10223° or 34° 6′ 8″ north
Longitude
-96.54689° or 96° 32′ 49″ west
Open location code
86654F23+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 722074752
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Wiki­data ID
Q5472267

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“Fort Washita” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن واشيتا”

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