Below Devil's Gap

A distinctive break in the rough canyon above the valley of the Beaver River and Wolf Creek, Devil's Gap served as a landmark along the military road between Fort Dodge, Kansas, and Camp Supply in northwestern Indian Territory. Through it passed hundreds of army provision wagons and scores of frontier cavalry troops. Its rutted, red earth vivid reminders of the long lines of wagons that struggled along its trail carrying supplies for soldiers, civilians, and Indians. Below Devil's Gap tells of the development of the region south of the rugged passage - present Woodward County, Oklahoma. The author. Louise B. James, traces its history from the earliest known recent changes brought about by growth in the energy field. Between, the readers encounters Plains Indians, explorers, traders, horse soldiers, homesteaders, town speculators, law officers, buffalo hunters, merchants, school teachers, saloon keepers, farmers and laborers. Famous characters fill the pages: Nathan Boone, George Custer