photograph of East Side Square from 1893-1894 in Enid, Oklahoma. North Grand, East Broadway, and South Grand streets are labeled. Photograph also contains horses, wagons, the grocery store, Probate Court, and Ed Hockaday Hardware.

Photograph of the settlement of Enid in 1893. A large gathering of people can be seen, as well as tents, and a post office.

Photograph of a pencil drawing street scene of Enid, Oklahoma.

Photograph of AJ Brown, Jr. Photo by Curtis Lester, c. 1893.

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

Photograph of Arthur. Photo by Robinson and Ror, Chicago, IL, c. 1893.

Photograph of the Bank of Enid, at 100 Block E Broadway, north side. A very early image.

Photograph of Betsy Colbert, wife of Joe Colbert. Photo by SA Kem, Purcell, Indian Territory, c. 1893.

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.

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.

Photograph of the Normal Building at Central State College, Edmond, Organized Territory(OK), c.1893.

Photograph of "the Start" Cherokee Outlet Land Opening. Photo by Alexander A. Forbes, c.1893. Printed by P.A. Miller, Arkansas City, KS.

The September 16, 1893, Cherokee Outlet Opening was Oklahoma's fourth and largest land run.

Photograph of the O County Jail.

Photograph of the courthouse and Enid Square, east view.

Photograph of Creek and Seminole Ministers & Elders of the old Presbyters, c. 1893.

Photograph of Choctaw Davis Homer, center, who translated the Chickasaw Constitution and Laws into Choctaw, c. 1893-1894.

Photograph of the Days Livery and Sale Barn, owned by Mr. W. H. Day. Day is pictured in center, Mr. Harmes on right, Bess on left.

Photograph of downtown Enid where the Gensman Bros building can be seen as well as a laundry wagon.

Cabinet card photograph of Dr. James Walter Allen at the age of nineteen. He wears a dark pea coat and slightly baggy pants. He leans one arm on a studio prop that looks like the end pillar of a low decorative stone wall. The backdrop is painted sky, pathway, and trees. At the bottom of the card is printed text that reads, "Ardmore. Downing, Ind. Ter." An inscription in pencil on the back of the card reads, "Father - when I was nineteen-"

Photograph from an early Enid street scene. What can be shown is a lawyer tent, Cherokee Pharmacy, and Merchant's Bank.

Photograph of a very early image of downtown Enid, Oklahoma. Depicted is the Crescent Hotel, Club Saloon, Buttrey Groceries. There is a large puddle in middle of street and shadows of photography crew.

Photograph of early Enid, Oklahoma. A horse drawn laundry wagon can be seen.

Photograph of the Enid Bottling Works, the first industry in Enid, owned by Richard Messall.