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The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) is a museum in Enid, Oklahoma, that focuses on the history of the Cherokee Outlet and the Land Run of September 16, 1893. Previously named the Museum of the Cherokee Strip, the museum has undergone renovations expanding the museum space to 24,000 square feet. [1]
In U.S. history, the Land Run of 1893, also known as the Cherokee Outlet Opening or the Cherokee Strip Land Run, marked the opening to settlement of the Cherokee Outlet in the Oklahoma Territory's fourth and largest land run. It was part of what would later become the U.S. state of Oklahoma in 1907.
The Land Run of September 16, 1893 was known as the Cherokee Strip Land Run. It opened 8,144,682.91 acres (12,726 square miles or about 3.3 million hectares) to settlement. The land was purchased from the Cherokees. It was the largest land run in U.S. history, four times larger than the Land Rush of 1889. [2]
Here's what to know about the 1889 land run, how it originated and the effects it still has today. ... But a large portion of land in the center of the state remained empty, and was eventually ...
On September 16, 1893, the eastern end of the Cherokee Outlet was settled in the Cherokee Strip land run, the largest land run in the United States and possibly the largest event of its kind in history. [25] Photograph of the land rush by William S. Prettyman who participated in it and served as a mayor of Blackwell
Nearby attractions include the 1893 Land Run Historical Center in Medford; Great Salt Plains Lake and Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge near Jet; and Leonardo’s Children’s Museum, Cherokee ...
Enid's Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center preserves the local history of the Land Run of 1893, Phillips University, and Garfield County. The museum originated as the Museum of the Cherokee Strip in the 1970s, and reopened on April 1, 2011. Enid also commemorates its land run history each September by hosting the Cherokee Strip Days and Parade.
Unassigned Lands – April 22, 1889 – opened by land run. No Man's Land – May 2, 1890, assigned to Oklahoma Territory by Organic Act. Iowa reserve – September 22, 1891 – opened by land run. Sac and Fox reserve – September 22, 1891 – opened by land run. Tonkawa reserve – 1891 – allotment. Citizen Potawatomi and Absentee Shawnee ...