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Booth No. 9
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 strip on opening day, and they must also must be shown when filing claims.
Date:
1893
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Run Strippers
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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Surveying Crew in the Cherokee Strip, July 1893
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~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Arkansas City Depot
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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Strip Land Run, September 16, 1893
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.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sarah Harland with Faye Kelly
Studio photograph of Sarah Harland with her granddaughter Faye Kelly.
Date:
1893~
Creator:
Willis, S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
In Line at the U.S. Land Office in Perry
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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cavalry Drill at Pond Creek in Grant County
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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Enid, Oklahoma Territory
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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Main Street
Photograph of Main Street, Duncan, Indian Territory.
Date:
October 1893
Creator:
Irwin, William Edward & Mankins, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry, Oklahoma Territory
Photograph of the East side Square, looking north, Perry, Oklahoma Territory.
Date:
November 1893
Creator:
Irwin and Mankin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
U.S. Land Office Force
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
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Davis Homer
Photograph of Choctaw Davis Homer, center, who translated the Chickasaw Constitution and Laws into Choctaw, c. 1893-1894.
Date:
1893~/1894~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lawyers
Photograph of eminent American, English, and Canadian lawyers, c. 1883. Published by Lawyers' International Pub. Co., Kansas City, MO. Copyright by CJ Clark.
Date:
1893~
Creator:
Lawyers' International Pub. Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Newkirk, OK
Photograph of The Race "There they go!" September 16th, 1893. View looking west from Chilocco Indian School, Newkirk, OK. Photo by William S Prettyman, Arkansas City, KS. Printed later by L. D. Hodge, Arkansas City, KS.
Date:
September 16, 1893
Creator:
Prettyman, William S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Spencer Family
Photograph of the Spencer Family in a special carriage drawn by Dick in Yukon, Oklahoma Territory, c. 1893.
Date:
1893~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
House of Representatives
Photograph of the 2nd House of Representatives Guthrie, Organized Territory(OK). Photo by Harmon Theodore Swearingen, Guthrie, Organized Territory(OK), c. 1893.
Date:
1893~
Creator:
Swearingen, Harmon Theodore
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Assembled Wagons
Photograph of Assembled Wagons, Sept. 16, 1893.
Date:
September 16, 1893
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry, OK
Photograph of a Dust Storm in Perry, OK, Sept. 17-20, 1893.
Date:
1893-09-17/1893-09-20
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Guthrie, OK
Photograph of Oklahoma Avenue in Guthrie, OK. Photo taken by CP Rich, Guthrie, OK, April 1893.
Date:
April 1893
Creator:
Rich, C. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Guthrie, OK
Photograph of the Bank of Indian Territory in the Gray Bros. Bldg. in Guthrie, OK. Photo taken by CP Rich, Guthrie, OK, c.1893.
Date:
1893~
Creator:
Rich, C. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry, Oklahoma Territory
Photograph of looking down towards the Land Office from Hell's Half Acre in Perry, Oklahoma Territory, September 23, 1893.
Date:
September 23, 1893
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry, Oklahoma Territory
Photograph of looking down and out towards the Buckhorn from Hell's Half Acre in Perry, Oklahoma Territory, September 23, 1893.
Date:
September 23, 1893
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry, Oklahoma Territory
Photograph looking northwest on SGR in Perry, Oklahoma Territory. Photo by Irwin & Mankin, Duncan, Indian Territory, Nov. 1893.
Date:
November 1893
Creator:
Irwin & Mankin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History