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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Erie Merchant

Description: Photograph of Erie Merchant, later Mrs. Will Tuttle, wearing an Indian war bonnet, which was sent to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, IL. The bonnet was not returned from the Fair.
Date: 1893~
Creator: Scribner, C. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 36.310725 -96.464844
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

U.S. Land Office Force

Description: Photograph of members of the U.S. Land Office Force at the opening of the Cherokee Strip, Perry, Oklahoma Territory. L to R: front row: UNIDENTIFIED, Melone, King, Hudson, Louis Davis.
Date: 1893~
Creator: W.A. Flowers Capitol City Gallery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Second Graduating Class of Bloomfield Academy

Description: Photograph of the second graduating class of Bloomfield Academy, c. 1893. The man is Professor Elihu B. Hinshaw, superintendent of the academy. The seated woman is Cora Chisholm. The woman standing on the right is Alice Hearrell. Chisholm and Hearrell are holding their diplomas. The Bloomfield Academy was established in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1852. It was located approximately three miles south of Achille, Oklahoma.
Date: 1893~
Creator: William Hardy Snell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"The Race"

Description: Photograph of a colorized version of "The Race." View looking west from the Chilocco Indian School grounds, noon, September 16, 1893. Printed by Curteich, Chicago, IL, December 7, 1909. Note: the text in the upper left corner of the photograph incorrectly identifies the photo as the 1889 Oklahoma land run. This picture is the start of the 1893 Cherokee Outlet land run.
Date: September 16, 1893
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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