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Red Rock Canyon State Park in southwest Oklahoma is an hidden oasis on the prairie. Travelers on the California Trail sought refuge from the heat and other danger in the canyon's cool interior. The ruts from the wagons trains can still be seen in the red sandstone rock on the California Trail Nature Trail. The canyons in this area were carved slowly over time by water draining the plains. The forest system within their protected walls are some of the most diverse forests on the Great Plains. Ferns, mosses and wildflowers typically associated with eastern forests support bird life like the Eastern wood-pewee, wood thrush, white-eyed vireo and Louisiana waterthrush, more commonly seen in the Ozark Mountains.

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Thursday, July 1st, 2010