Dwight Mission

Dwight Mission was a facility serving the Cherokee Nation. Dwight Mission was on the Sallisaw Creek, in Sequoyah County near Marble City, about twelve miles above the confluence of Sallisaw Creek and the Arkansas River and thirty miles east of Fort Gibson.
Date: April 1843
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Samuel R. Kearn Home

Photograph of the Samuel R. Kearn home that sold to Hanna Hamer for $500.00, Caddo, Indian Territory. May Hamer is on the porch, April 1886.
Date: April 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe Railway Employees

Photograph of Santa Fe Railway employees, Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: April 16, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

5th US Cavalry

Photograph of the arrival of the 5th US Cavalry Companies "D" and "L" at Oklahoma Station, Oklahoma Territory, April 1, 1889.
Date: April 1, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Arkansas City, KS

Photograph of the long caravan of "Prairie Schooners" leaving Arkansas City, KS, on the way to the Promised Land, Oklahoma, April 18-19-1889.
Date: April 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Arkansas City, KS

Photograph of looking south from the Kansas border at Arkansas City, KS, April 18-19, 1889, titled , "Trek to the Promise Land, Oklahoma, 1889."
Date: April 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boomers

Photograph of a train of Boomer Wagons, 3.5 miles long, crossing the Salt Fork River on a Railroad Bridge, April 1889.
Date: April 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Choctaw Coal and R. RY. Co. Camp

Photograph of the Choctaw Coal and R. RY. Co. Camp on the Canadian River, April 1889.
Date: April 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

"Claim Jumpers Beware"

Photograph of a man hanging with a sign around his neck that says, "The Oldest Inhabitant of Guthrie, I.T. April 18, 1889. Claim Jumpers Beware," Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, April 1889.
Date: April 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

F. H. Reed Furniture and Undertaking

Photograph of a group outside F. H. Reed Furniture and Undertaking, Oklahoma City, Indian Territory.
Date: April 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Guthrie, Indian Territory

Photographs of Guthrie, Indian Territory, during town building, April 24-27, 1889.
Date: April 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hough Livery, Feed and Sale Stable

Photograph of a crowd next to the Hough Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, April 1889.
Date: April 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boomers

Photograph of a Boomers waiting at the State Line for the Land Opening, April 18, 1889.
Date: April 18, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Openings

Photograph of a wagon train crossing into Indian Territory south of Arkansas City, KS, traveling to unassigned Land Openings, April 18-19, 1889.
Date: [1889-04-18..1889-04-19]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma Station

Photograph of Oklahoma Station, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, April 18, 1889, four days before the Land Opening.
Date: April 18, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo Springs, Oklahoma Territory

Photograph of the southern boundary line of the Cherokee Outlet, the day before the Land Opening of Oklahoma, Buffalo Springs, Oklahoma Territory, April 21, 1889.
Date: April 21, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo Springs, Oklahoma Territory

Photograph of the southern boundary line of the Cherokee Outlet, the day before the Land Opening of Oklahoma, Buffalo Springs, Oklahoma Territory, April 21, 1889.
Date: April 21, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Openings

Photograph of Guthrie, Indian Territory(OK), April 21, 1889. The day before the Land Opening.
Date: April 21, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Arkansas City, KS

Photograph of the A. T. & S. F. Depot in Arkansas City, KS before the trains leave for Oklahoma. Photo by Phillip A. Miller, Arkansas City, KS, April 22, 1889.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: Miller, Phillip A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Brogan's Grocery Store

Photograph of Brogan's Grocery Store in Oklahoma City. Photo by Alexander A Forbes, McCracken, KS, April 22, 1889.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: Forbes, Alexander A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

David William Gibbs. 1889.

David W. Gibbs. He served on a board that organized the first election of city officers for Oklahoma City, 1890. He owned a popular ice cream parlor in Oklahoma City.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

First Train from the North

Photograph of the first train arriving from the North into Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, April 22, 1889.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

First Train in Guthrie, O.T.

Photograph of the arrival of the first train into Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, during the Land Opening.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: Prettyman, William S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Government Land Office at Kingfisher

Photograph of several tents, including the Government Land Office at the far left, in Kingfisher during the afternoon of the Land Opening on April 22, 1889.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History