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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

Land Run Strippers

Description: Street scene in unknown town. Handwritten description: Strippers on Thursday before opening 1893 (Sept). Strippers refers to settlers who gathered on the Oklahoma-Kansas border prior to the land run into the Cherokee Strip. The town is likely in Kansas.
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Surveying Crew in the Cherokee Strip, July 1893

Description: Surveying crew. Photo taken in July 1893 near the current location of Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. Left to right: Carl Craig, teamster; T. Alexander, assistant surveyor; J.W. Duncan, U.S. special agent; W.D. Wisdom, clerk; Tom Brewer, chain & axe man; Clyde Thompson, chain & axe man, and Watie Bell, chain & axe man.
Date: 1893-07~
Location: 36.310725 -96.464844
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Arkansas City Depot

Description: Handwritten description: Depot Sept 16, '93 at 9 o'clock a.m. Ark City, Kansas. It is likely "depot" refers to the railroad depot.
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Strip Land Run, September 16, 1893

Description: Photograph of the Land Run of the Cherokee Strip that opened settlement to the Cherokee Outlet on September 16, 1893. This photograph is titled "The Race," and was taken from atop scaffolding by an associate of photographer William S. Prettyman who was based in Arkansas City, Kansas.
Date: September 16, 1893
Creator: Prettyman, William S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Rachel Asquith

Description: Portrait of Rachel Asquith, sister of George Asquith, Perry, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: 1893~
Creator: Shanafelt, W.F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Sarah Harland with Faye Kelly

Description: Studio photograph of Sarah Harland with her granddaughter Faye Kelly.
Date: 1893~
Creator: Willis, S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

In Line at the U.S. Land Office in Perry

Description: Men in line to file land claims at the U.S. land office in Perry, Oklahoma on September 28th 1893 at 9 o'clock in the morning.
Date: September 28, 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cavalry Drill at Pond Creek in Grant County

Description: Photograph of a cavalry drill at Pond Creek in Grant County around the time of the Land Opeining on September 19, 1893.
Date: September 19, 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0171.0335]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Early Days Oklahoma, Poteau."
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Strip Land Run 1893.

Description: Photograph of the Cherokee Strip Land Run, September 16, 1893.
Date: September 16, 1893
Creator: Prettyman, William S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1017.0182]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Special train leaving Orlando for Perry at noon, Sept. 16, 1893, Perry, Okla. Early Days"
Date: September 16, 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1030.0694]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "William Prettyman was an early-day photographer from Kansas. This is a copy of an original photo of his horse, claim flag, and stake during the opening of the Cherokee Strip to white settlers in Oklahoma Territory, Sept. 16, 1893."
Date: September 16, 1893
Creator: Prettyman, William
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1017.0176]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Birds eye view of Perry, Okla., Early Days, Oct. 3, 1893"
Date: October 3, 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1017.0184]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Birds eye view of Perry, Okla. Early Days, Oct. 3rd 1893"
Date: October 3, 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1017.0183]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "C street and Auction Corner, October 24th, 1893."
Date: October 24, 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

J. E. Shanafelt Family

Description: Photograph of J. E. Shanafelt family taken in 1893 seated on a porch. Mrs. Shanafelt is the fourth person from the left.
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

P. G. Reuter

Description: Portrait photograph of P. G. Reuter in 1893. Mr. Reuter was a clerk with the Dawes Commission.
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2008.148.035.213]

Description: 1893 Homestead of J.W. Shatto. 2 miles south, 1/2 mile west of Fairmont
Date: 1893
Partner: Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center

[Photograph 2008.148.035.251]

Description: Enid Street Scene. Looking East from Square. Western History Collection Print.
Date: 1893~
Partner: Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center

[Photograph 2008.148.035.248]

Description: 1893 sod house of C.S. and Y. W. Lee. Shingle roof. Near Waukomis.
Date: 1893
Partner: Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center

[Photograph 2008.148.035.277]

Description: First News Boy in Enid- glassplate negative- Young African American male holding shoeshine brush, newspaper with boxing glove on. Name unknown. Likely in October of 1893-Early 1894.
Date: 1893~
Partner: Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center

Robert Mills Patterson

Description: Robert Mills Patterson-Enid's first postmaster-died Nov. 16, 1893-portrait.
Date: 1893
Partner: Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
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