Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States system of national wildlife refuges. It is located in Alfalfa County in northern Oklahoma, north of Jet, along Great Salt Plains Lake, which is formed by a dam on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River.
The Salt Plains near the Crystal digging area
A wet day at Crystal digging area of the Salt Plains
A hole dug in the Digging Area
Many selenite crystals found in a single day
Alfalfa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,699. The county seat is Cherokee.
Alfalfa County Courthouse in Cherokee (2007)
The Cherokee Outlet (1885)
An Oklahoma Land Rush (1889)
Aerial view to the northwest of the Great Salt Plains Lake Dam on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in Alfalfa County, OK. The dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.