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| | Aline, Oklahoma - * TRAVEL * LODGING * COMMUNITY |
 | | The Cherokee Outlet, and the part of it commonly called the Cherokee Strip, are a colorful chapter in Oklahoma history. |
 | | By the opening of the Cherokee Outlet, there were added to the settled and organized portions of Oklahoma seven new counties, designated as K, L, M, N, O, P and Q. The names adopted by vote of the people of these counties respectively were Kay, Grant, Woods, Woodward, Garfield, Noble and Pawnee. |
 | | Nineteenth century Oklahoma was the last refuge of the red man, coveted by the cattleman, sought by land-hungry "Boomers", and finally settled in the most dramatic series of land openings in the world's history. |
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