Deep Fork River (Deep Fork of the North Canadian) is an Oklahoma tributary of the North Canadian River. North Canadian River is a river that flows through New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma in the United States. The headwaters flow from north Oklahoma City and the river empties into the North Canadian at Lake Eufaula about 200 miles away. Eufaula Lake is a manmade Lake in Oklahoma. It is located on the Canadian River, upstream from its confluence with the Arkansas River and near
The river begins in Oklahoma County, flows through Lincoln County, winds back and forth across the Creek-Okfuskee county lines, crosses Okmulgee County, and into Eufaula Reservoir in McIntosh County. Oklahoma County is a County located in the central partof the U Lincoln County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma. Creek County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma. Okfuskee County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma. Okmulgee County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma. Eufaula Lake is a manmade Lake in Oklahoma. It is located on the Canadian River, upstream from its confluence with the Arkansas River and near McIntosh County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma. Communities along the waterway are Arcadia, Luther, Wellston, Warwick, and Welty. Arcadia is a town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area Luther is a town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area Wellston is a town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. Warwick is a town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. Welty is a small rural community in Okfuskee County Oklahoma. It is impounded by Arcadia Reservoir and by Eufaula Lake. Arcadia Lake is an Artificial lake in Northeastern Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USAIn Edmond Near Okmulgee, the river flows through the 9,000 acre Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge. The Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States system of National Wildlife Refuges It is located in Eastern Oklahoma, near the city
During its Indian Territory days, Deep Fork divided the Iowa and Kickapoo reserves of present day Lincoln County. Also, the Deep Fork District of the Creek (Muscogee) Nation lay on the east side of the Creek reserve between Deep Fork and the Canadian River. The area of the old district is mostly within by today's Okfuskee County. In the 1880s, the Deep Fork bottom west of Christian Wells trading post (present-day Wellston) became a center of Boomer activity. Soldiers from Fort Reno constantly patrolled the area after Wells hired several of David Payne's lieutenants to work at his store. Fort Reno was established as a permanent post in July 1875 near the Darlington Indian Agency on the old Cheyenne - Arapaho reservation in David Lewis Payne ( December 30, 1836 &ndash November 28, 1884) was an American Soldier and pioneer The troopers rounded up Boomers on a number of occasions and returned them to Kansas.
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- Kappler, Charles (Ed. ). PART III.—EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO INDIAN RESERVES, (Indian Territory 840-844). Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. 1:840-844 (accessed August 28, 2006).
- United States Geological Survey. Source of Deep Fork River (accessed August 28, 2006).
- United States Geological Survey. Mouth of Deep Fork River (accessed August 28, 2006).