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Washita County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,629.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/40149.html )〕 Its county seat is New Cordell.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county seat was formerly located in Cloud Chief.〔O'Dell, Larry. ("Washita County," ) ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 5, 2015.〕 The county was created in 1891. ==History== In 1883, John Miles leased of Cheyenne and Arapaho land to seven cattlemen. However, arguments soon developed between the cattlemen and the tribesmen. In 1885, the Federal government terminated all of the leases and ordered the cattlemen to remove their stock.〔 The area was settled in 1886, when John M. Seger established a colony along Cobb Creek, and was later named Washita County after the Washita River. Seger convinced 120 Cheyenne and Arapaho to settle near the old ranch headquarters at Cobb Creek. The intent was that "Seger's Colony" would teach these tribes how to farm, using modern agricultural methods.〔 The Cheyenne-Arapaho Opening was a land run held on April 19, 1892, after the government declared the land available for non Indian settlement.〔 Washita County is located in that part of western Oklahoma which was included in County H of the Territory of Oklahoma, an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 2 May 1890, until 16 November 1907, when it was joined with the Indian territory and admitted to the Union as the State of Oklahoma. The town of Tacola, soon renamed as Cloud Chief, was designated as the county seat.〔 An election in 1900 designated the town of Cordell as the county seat. It was favored by the majority because it was located in the center of the county. The election result was contested in court. The Oklahoma Territorial Supreme Court ruled in 1904 that the seat could not be moved without Federal authorization. The U. S. Congress moved the seat to Cordell in 1906. When the Oklahoma Constitution went into effect at statehood in 1907, it confirmed Cordell (by then relocated and renamed New Cordell) as the county seat.〔 In 1948, the nation's first flood control dam under the authorization of the Flood Control Act of 1944 was completed in the Cloud Creek Watershed in Washita County.〔http://www.ok.gov/conservation/documents/Washita%2520River%2520Watershed%2520Project.pdf〕 The lyrics for 1968 hit song Wichita Lineman were inspired by Jimmy Webb's driving through Washita County westward on a straight road into the setting sun past a seemingly endless line of telephone poles, each looking exactly the same as the last. In the distance he noticed the silhouette of a solitary lineman atop a pole, which he described as "the picture of loneliness." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Washita County, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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