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Booth No. 9

Description: Photograph of a group of people and tents. Handwritten description: Booth No. 9, Sept 1893, Arkansas City, Kansas. Kansas towns like Arkansas City were the staging area prior to the 1893 Land Run into the Cherokee Strip. The reference to "booth" is likely related to the nine booths that were erected, five on the Kansas border and four on the border of Oklahoma, where people were to register and receive certificates. These certificates were to be shown before legal entry could be made to the … more
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Caddo Hardware Store and Peter Hamer Hardware

Description: Photograph of the Caddo Hardware Store and Peter Hamer Hardware, Caddo, Indian Territory. L to R: Jno. Oxford, Peter Hohn, Charles Seldon (on roof), Peter Bloom, Andrew Bloom, A. T. Phillips, Peter Hamer, Ashley Faudree, Arch Russell, Sr., and the rest are UNIDENTIFIED, c. 1893.
Date: 1893~
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Enid, Oklahoma Territory

Description: Photograph of a large group standing in front of the law office of Havens, Orner, and Watson and Cherokee Pharmacy, Drugs, Paints, and Sundries, the first and best drug store in town, Enid, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: September 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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