Rainy Mountain
Encyclopedia
Rainy Mountain is a rounded hill standing northwest apart from the main Wichita Mountains
in Kiowa County, Oklahoma
. It was a prominent landmark for the Plains Indians on the southern plains.
Rainy Mountain Creek, flowing northeastward from Rainy Mountain, was a favored winter camp for the Plains Indians, especially the Kiowas, because the grass was green even in winter.
Wichita Mountains
The Wichita Mountains are located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The mountains are a northwest-southeast trending series of rocky promontories, many capped by 540 million-year old granite. These were exposed and rounded by weathering during the Permian Period...
in Kiowa County, Oklahoma
Kiowa County, Oklahoma
Kiowa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 10,227. Its county seat is Hobart.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of . is land and is water....
. It was a prominent landmark for the Plains Indians on the southern plains.
Rainy Mountain Creek, flowing northeastward from Rainy Mountain, was a favored winter camp for the Plains Indians, especially the Kiowas, because the grass was green even in winter.
Sources
- Momaday, N. Scott. The Way to Rainy Mountain. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (reprint edition) 1998. ISBN 0-8263-0436-2
- Nye, Wilbur Sturtevant, Col. Carbine & Lance: The Story of Old Fort Sill. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (revised edition), 1969. ISBN 0-8061-0856-8