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Cherokee Strip Land Run Train

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Off for Perry! This photo was taken Sept. 16, 1893, when the Cherokee Strip was opened for white settlers. It shows the loaded train and other vehicles waiting for the starting signal. The train went to Perry. This photo, submitted by Mrs. S. T. Franklin of OKC, was entered in an 'old picture' contest in the Daily Oklahoman in 1939. The photo was taken at the northern boundary of Oklahoma Territory by pioneer Guthrie photog… more
Date: September 16, 1939
Creator: Flower, W. A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0941.0136]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Burl Nash of Sulphur who is 99-years-old a Cherokee Indian went to Trinidad Colorado for the United Confederate Veterans Party."
Date: August 20, 1939
Creator: Cauthen, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0394.0330]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Monument erected by Daughters of American Revolution on Oklahoma - Kansas border north of Ponca City to commemorate opening of Cherokee Strip to white settlement Sept. 16, 1893."
Date: 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0394.0512]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, Sequoyah, was honored Tuesday by kin of Will Rogers in the national capital for the unveiling of a statue of the cowboy humorist."
Date: 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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