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| | The Cherokee Strip, September 16, 1893: Kansas Heritage Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | The Cherokee tribe was loath to part with it, having leased it to the Cherokee Strip Cattlemen's association for $100,000 annually. |
 | | When the strip was opened, John J. Gerlach readied a box-car of goods and had it rushed in from Higgins, Tex., a mile from the line, to Woodward, where a land office was located. |
 | | With most of the homeseekers joined by their families, the population of the strip the night of September 16 was estimated all the way up to 150,000. |
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