Cherokee Strip Run of 1893

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✔ XXS - tiny (240 x 164)
✔ XS - extra small (432 x 296)
✔ S - small (576 x 395)
✔ Original (700 x 481)

On September 16, 1893, the starting gun signalled the opening of 6,400,000 acres of the Cherokee Outlet territory where 40,000 claims of 160 acres each were offered. Over 100,000 settlers participated in the Land Run.

Oklahoma Historical Society Archives Photo; original by William S. Prettyman, 10 seconds after the gun.

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