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Altus (/ ˈ æ l t ə s /) is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] The population was 18,729 at the 2020 census. [6] Altus is home to Altus Air Force Base, the United States Air Force training base for C-17, KC-46 and KC-135 aircrews. It is also home to Western Oklahoma State College and Southwest ...
ALTUS. Located at the intersection of U.S. Highways 62 and 283, Altus is the county seat of Jackson County, which was originally part of Old Greer County. Following the Civil War, cattlemen seeking a shorter route to northern markets used the Great Western Trail near the future town.
Located at the intersection of U.S. Highways 62 and 283, Altus is the county seat of Jackson County, which was originally part of Old Greer County, Texas. Following the Civil War, cattlemen seeking a shorter route to northern markets used the Great Western Trail near the future town.
Altus Oklahoma History. From the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Located at the intersection of U.S. Highways 62 and 283, Altus is the county seat of Jackson County, which was originally part of Old Greer County, Texas.
From Altus, Oklahoma to either coast there was indigenous culture. They were as varied as the landscapes they inhabited, from the dense forests of the northeast to the expansive prairies in the heartland, and the arid deserts of the southwest to the rugged coastlines of the northwest.
Altus, city, seat (1907) of Jackson county, southwestern Oklahoma, U.S. The original settlement of Frazier (1886), near Bitter Creek (Salt Fork of the Red River) on the Great Western cattle trail, was subject to flooding; it was renamed Altus (Latin: “high”) in 1891, after it was moved to the.
Altus, located in the heart of Great Plains Country in southwest Oklahoma, is home to Lake Altus-Lugert, a speedway and the scenic Quartz Mountain Resort.
