Boomer Camp

Photograph of a Boomer Camp on the Walnut River east of Arkansas City, KS, c. 1889.
Date: 1889~
Creator: unknown
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
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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory

Photograph Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, "A city of Tents" ten days after the Land Opening, May 2, 1889.
Date: May 2, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory

Photograph of people staking off lots in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, the first day of the Land Opening, April 22, 1889.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Opening

Photograph of a Boomer's home in Oklahoma after the Land Opening, c. 1889.
Date: 1889~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Opening

Photograph of the Train Station in Arkansas City, KS, before the start of the Land Opening, taken from the roof of the Freight Depot, April 22, 1889.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory

Photograph of Front Street looking north at the Santa Fe Depot in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, two weeks after the Land Run the town already has 7,000 people. Photo by William S Prettyman, Arkansas City, KS, May 6, 1889.
Date: May 6, 1889
Creator: Prettyman, William S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History