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I failed to mention one of Enid's
moments in history. In 1863, hundreds of
thousands of people charged into what was known as
the Cherokee Outlet seeking free land. After
staking out land, they had to register the land at a
land office which is now located in Enid.
We stopped at two sand dune areas
just west of Enid. Neither is as large (or
beautiful) as those in Oregon, but... it was sand!
I did get a new t-shirt at Little Sahara State Park.
The other was Beaver Dunes State Park, which sounds
like it should be in Oregon.
Near Glorieta, New Mexico we
stopped to tour the Pecos National Historical Park.
This is the ruins of an Indian pueblo and Spanish
Mission. From about 1400 AD to 1838 AD up to
2,000 people lived there. It was a wonderful
experience to actually be able to walk through this.
For those of you "mature readers", this land was
donated to the National Park Service (along with
continued funding) by Greer Garson and her husband.
For those of you too young to remember, Greer was a
famous actress from about 1930 to 1970.
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After this experience, we changed
our plans and turned north to visit two more ruins.
I took a lot of pictures there and I have decided to
put them on a separate web page. After you
check out this page, please go there. The link
is at the bottom of this page. (You have to go
there!) (Please....) We also visited the Four Corners
Monument, which is located in the Navajo Nation.
This is the only place in the United States where
four states come together at one point.
Be sure to check
out the information at the bottom of this page
Also, I have created a separate page for the
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