- Land Run of 1893
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The Garfield County land office now sits in the Humphrey Heritage Village at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid, Oklahoma.
Settlers await the opening of the Cherokee Outlet.
Horses rush forward during the 1893 run.The Land Run of 1893, also known as the Cherokee Strip Land Run, marked the opening of the Cherokee Outlet to the public. The run happened on September 16, 1893 at noon with more than 100,000 participants hoping to claim land. The land offices for the run were set up in Perry, Enid, Woodward, and Alva with over 6.5 million acres (26,000 km²) of land. It was the largest land run in United States history.[1]
The counties of Kay, Grant, Woods, Woodward, Garfield, Noble, and Pawnee, were named following the run. Prior to the run, these seven counties had been assigned the letters K-Q, respectively. Upon Oklahoma's statehood in 1907 four additional counties (Alfalfa, Ellis, Harper, Major) were created in the Cherokee Outlet using existing land from Woods, Kay, and Woodward counties.[2]
The films Tumbleweeds, Cimarron based on the novel by Edna Ferber, and Far and Away all have depictions of the 1893 land run.
References
- ^ Green, Donald E., "Settlement Patterns," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed June 10, 2010).
- ^ Oklahoma Land Openings 1889-1903 (accessed June 10, 2010).
External links
See also
- Land Run of 1889
- Land Run of 1891
- Land Run of 1892
- Land Run of 1895
Categories:- History of United States expansionism
- Pre-state history of Oklahoma
- Oklahoma stubs
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