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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

Kickapoo Indians

Photograph of a Kickapoo home, May 1893.
Date: May 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kickapoo Indians

Photograph of Kickapoo Indian Grave Yard No. 1, March 1893.
Date: March 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kickapoo Indians

Photograph of Kickapoo Indian Grave Yard No. 1, March 1893.
Date: March 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erie Merchant

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.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0171.0335]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Early Days Oklahoma, Poteau."
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

Rachel Asquith

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

John Jackson Crumley

John Jackson Crumley, President of North Texas Normal College, 1893-1894. Man in suit
Date: [1893..1894]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Katie E. Logan and Family]

Portrait of Katie E. Logan and her family of three. It is unclear as to which woman is Katie E. Logan - the woman standing up or the woman sitting down. In addition to the women, two men are in the photograph, who in correspondence to the women both stand and sit. A written note on the back reads, "Katie E. Logan and Family, March 1, 1893."
Date: March 1, 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Washington Bower Photograph #3]

Photograph of the Washington Bower, in Taylor, Texas.
Date: 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Enid, O.T.

Photograph of Enid, O.T. while still a tent city, Sept. 1893.
Date: September 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph of Captain Arthur Shalors]

Portrait of Captain Arthur Shalors in his uniform from the chest and up.
Date: 1893
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
System: The Portal to Texas 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

[Unidentified Lady Playing a Banjo]

Photo of unidentified woman playing a banjo. Back of photo ways Feb 1893 - Palestine.
Date: February 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History