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George C. Sibley Expedition

Alfalfa County
Location: 1/2 mile east of junction of OK-8 and OK-11, north of Cherokee
Coordinates: 36.805565, -98.245647
Material: Other (Stone with bronze plaque)
Topics: American Indians; Environmental/Cultural Ecology; Government; Settlement Patterns

Sibley, an Osage Indian agent, and two others were believed to be the first whites to view the Great Salt Plains on an expedition to the area in the summer of 1811. Sibley called the geological phenomenon “a perfect level plain covered in dry hot weather from two to six inches deep with a beautiful clean white salt.”

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