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About Rush Springs, OK

The Wichita people established a village 4 miles (6 km) southeast of the modern-day town of Rush Springs about 1850, taking advantage of some springs on Rush Creek. The springs provided a convenient place for watering herds of cattle being driven north from Texas to Kansas on the Chisholm Trail, which passed east of here. On October 1, 1858, an event called The Battle of the Wichita Village occurred there on October 1, 1858. In 1858, Brigadier General David S. Briggs ordered Brevet Major Earl Van Dorn to take command of the Second Cavalry at Fort Belknap, Texas, proceed north of the Red River into Indian Territory and forcibly restrain belligerent Comanches who were raiding settlements.