Woodward Wedding

The City of Woodward, Oklahoma serves as the county seat of Woodward County, OklahomaGR6. The population was 11,853 at the 2000 census.

Before the American Civil War, Woodward, and its surrounding area, was inhabited by the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Plains tribes. Boiling Springs, near present day Woodward, was a favorite campsite of the Plains Indians. A wide area around the springs later became the scene of numerous battles between these tribes and the white man. After the war, various military expeditions were led against the Plains tribes in Woodward County by Lieutenant Colonels Alfred Sully and George Armstrong Custer, and General Philip Sheridan, who were stationed near Woodward at Fort Supply.

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