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Chickasaw National Recreation AreaSteam rises from the Vendome Well in winter
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Nature & Science
 
Black and white photograph of spring water flowing over earth and rocks
U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library / N.C. Glover
Antelope Spring, 1910.
 
Chickasaw National Recreation Area has a diversity of natural resources. These unique flora, fauna, waters, and geological formations have withstood the external pressures of human-made and natural pressures The combination of these resources has created an area unlike any other in the surrounding region.
Flowing water
The Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer
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Park Ranger Forest Townsley at Platt National Park, 1910  

Did You Know?
In 1904 Forest Townsley was appointed the first park ranger in Platt National Park [the Platt Historic District in today's Chickasaw National Recreation Area]. In 1913 he transferred to Yosemite National Park, where he later became Chief Ranger.
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Last Updated: November 19, 2009 at 10:06 EST