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These three black and white photographs show crowds waiting south of Arkansas City for the Cherokee Strip Land Run. The event opened up the area of land between the Oklahoma and Kansas border for settlement.
Date: Between September 14, and September 15 1893
Item Number: 218429
Call Number: FK2.C10 A.66 *8-10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218429
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s - 1893
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - American Indians - Indian lands
Places - Cities and towns - Arkansas City
Places - Counties - Cowley
Places - Other States - Oklahoma
Type of Material - Photographs
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