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	Oklahoma Land Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Oklahoma Land Race or the Cherokee Strip Land Run was a land run or land rush that took place on September 16, 1893.
		The land concerned was a 58 mile (93 km) wide strip running for 225 miles (362 km) between southern Kansas and Oklahoma Territory, around 34,000 km².
		The Oklahoma Territory had been opened for settlement in the 1880s but the strip remained the possession of the Cherokee people.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Oklahoma_Land_Race (364 words)

	Oklahoma Land Race -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Oklahoma Land Race or the Cherokee Strip Land Run was a (Click link for more info and facts about land run) land run or land rush that took place on September 16, 1893.
		The land concerned was a 58 mile (93 km) wide strip running for 225 miles (362 km) between southern (A state in midwestern United States) Kansas and (Click link for more info and facts about Oklahoma Territory) Oklahoma Territory, around 34,000 km².
		The Oklahoma Territory had been opened for settlement in the 1880s but the strip remained the possession of the (A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma) Cherokee people.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Ok/Oklahoma_Land_Race.htm (339 words)

	Station Information - Oklahoma Land Race
		The Oklahoma Land Race or the Cherokee Strip Land Run was a land rush that took place on September 16, 1893.
		The land concerned was a 58 mile wide strip running for 225 miles between southern Kansas and Oklahoma territory, around 6 million acres.
		The Oklahoma territory had been opened for settlement in the 1880s but the strip remained the possession of the Cherokee.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/o/ok/oklahoma_land_race.html (277 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Oklahoma Land Rush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Oklahoma Land Rush, a government-sponsored race on April 22, 1889, in which some 50,000 home seekers rode or ran to claim land in what is now Oklahoma.
		Land Rush, officially sanctioned race for land that had been opened to white settlement.
		By the 1880s most of the arable, well-watered land west of the Mississippi had been settled by whites, and land-hungry settlers began to argue that...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Oklahoma_Land_Rush.html (163 words)

	Land run - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		April 22, 1889: The Oklahoma Land Run—to settle the Unassigned Lands.
		September 22, 1891: Land run to settle Iowa, Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie, and Shawnee lands.
		April 19, 1892: Land run to settle the Cheyenne and Arapaho lands.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Land_rush (157 words)

	CHEROKEE STRIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Oklahoma's Cherokee Strip is one of the few places where the pioneer spirit that settled American is still vibrant enough to experience.
		See it in the faces of those who live and work on the land their ancestors dreamed of owning when they mounted their horses, buggies and even bicycles and trains, to make the last great race for land on that hot and dusty afternoon of September 16, 1893.
		It is a land as diverse as America itself, with rolling Osage prairies in the east to gypsum sand dunes and the rugged Glass Mountains in the west.
	www.bjsbytes.com /chkstrip.htm (1423 words)

	The Museum Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Land offices were built at Guthrie and Kingfisher so settlers could register their claims with the government as required by the Homestead Act.
		This land had been lucrative to the tribes because cattlemen were charged a toll per head to drive their cattle across it to market.
		Oklahoma also exists as a constant reminder of the unfair and sometimes genocidal treatment that was meted out upon American Indians for centuries.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/Gazettes/OKLandRush.html (1657 words)

	LAND RUN of 1889 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Land Run of 1889, although not without precedent in the history of the West, began the disposal of the federal public domain in Oklahoma.
		A multitude of impoverished farmers were not alone in their zeal to settle the Unassigned Lands, known popularly as the Oklahoma Lands.
		The surrounding tribal-owned lands included the Cherokee Outlet on the north, bordering Kansas; the Iowa, Kickapoo, and Pottawatomie reservations on the east; and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation on the west.
	www.ok-history.mus.ok.us /enc/landrun.htm (1690 words)

	Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Oklahoma City, OK -- Today, Congressman Ernest Istook (R-OK) will join in the dedication ceremony of the first five statues of the Oklahoma Land Rush Memorial, a 36-figure bronze monument that, when completed, will be the largest in the world.
		The statue, scheduled for completion in 2007 for Oklahoma’s centennial celebration, will consist of 36 heroic-sized bronze statues of land run participants, frozen in motion as they race to claim their new homesteads.
		All race across the south portion of the Oklahoma City canal and adjacent fields.
	www.house.gov /istook/rel-landrun.htm (309 words)

	Prime Times - Hank Henry - Dad had wild ride in Oklahoma Land Rush
		The land had belonged to Indian tribes who were forced to give it up because they had supported the South during the Civil War.
		Waiting eagerly were men on horseback ready to race to a certain piece of land the family had picked out during an earlier inspection tour.
		Dad's mother and his older brothers approached the land they had chosen with apprehension, but they were lucky that no one had arrived there before them.
	www.mailtribune.com /primet/archive/2000/020100p2.htm (638 words)

	Built in a Day: The Oklahoma Land Rush :: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
		The law was intended to open western lands to settlement by allowing those filing a claim to settle on up to 160 acres of unappropriated federal land for five years.
		Once in Oklahoma, they were placed on lands that the government claimed would be theirs "for as long as the stars shall shine and the rivers may flow." No one, including the members of the U.S. Congress, could foresee the rapid westward expansion looming just over the American horizon.
		Then, before these "unassigned lands" were filled, the Creeks and Seminoles were convinced to sell 1,887,796 acres to the United States, which included part of the land settled by the Cheyenne and Arapaho.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/oklahoma_rush.html (680 words)

	Geography - Merriam-Webster's Atlas
		The red background of the flag referred to the Native American population, and its central white-and-blue star and two numbers 46 represented Oklahoma's admission to the Union as the 46th state.
		The legislature of Oklahoma made clear specifications for the color shades of the flag on November 1, 1988.
		Land use (1992): federal land 2.8%; non-federal land 97.2%, of which forest 16.0%, cropland 23.1%, pasture 17.7%, rangeland 32.3%, urban and built-up areas 4.3%, other 3.8%.
	www.merriam-webster.com /cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?oklahoma (278 words)

	OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH OF 1889
		Truly the Indians have well-named Oklahoma the "beautiful land." The landless and home-hungry people on the train might be pardoned their mental exhilaration, when the effect of this wonderfully beautiful country upon the most prosaic mind is considered.
		Even in the midst of his excitement the nearest boomer, who was racing with her, checked his horse and assisted her out to dry land, thus losing his place among the leaders.
		The original boomers who caused Oklahoma to be opened for settlement have much to be responsible for, not the last of which are the tears and cries of hungry children, who look about for bread and see only the red sand shimmering in the heated air.
	www.library.cornell.edu /Reps/DOCS/landrush.htm (5688 words)

	Articles - Cimarron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The piece of land in question had been allotted to the Cherokee people as part of their 1828 treaty, while the rest of the Oklahoma Territory had been open to settlers.
		This eventually led to a ban on cattle farming in the area, and in 1893 the land, 58 miles (93 km) wide by 225 miles (362 km) long, was opened to homesteaders.
		The land was divided into 42,000 claims, and each homesteader had to literally stake (put a stake with a white flag attached) their claim, and pick up a certificate back at the starting place.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Cimarron (846 words)

	AMUSEMENT PARKS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Oklahoma has mirrored the national evolution of this industry; by the early twentieth century most American cities boasted a traditional amusement park, that is, a permanent park with midway, mechanical rides such as roller coasters and carousels, and pavilions that hosted shows and dances.
		Oklahoma City and other Oklahoma urban centers had early parks that mirrored a national pattern of using power from a local "light plant" to run the rides.
		The Oklahoma Railway Company owned Belle Isle Park and Lake, located at the end of the Interurban line, and, after adding an electric plant, the company helped develop the area into an amusement park with picnicking, boating, rides, concessions, and a dance pavilion.
	www.ok-history.mus.ok.us /enc/amuseparks.htm (1558 words)

	Encyclopedia: Oklahoma Land Race
		Oklahoma Territory was an organized territory of the United States from May 2, 1890 until November 16, 1907, when Oklahoma became the 46th state.
		Alternate meanings: Cherokee (disambiguation) The Cherokee (ah-ni-yv-wi-ya in Cherokee) are a people native to North America who at the time of European contact in the 16th century inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before most were forcefully moved to the Ozark Plateau.
		Indian Territory in 1836 Indian Territory in 1891 Indian Territory, also known as Indian Country, Indian territory or the Indian territories, was the land set aside within the United States for the use of Native Americans (Indians).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Oklahoma-Land-Race (546 words)

	Home Home on the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Aunt Irene Rigney Davis, the eldest child was born at Cherokee Strip, Indian Territory, Oklahoma in 1901.
		As for the land, until Oklahoma Territory was opened for settlement, it was Indian Territory.
		Boomers were settlers who waited for the boom of a cannon to stake their claim during the Land Run of 1889, which opened Oklahoma Territory to settlement by the new comers.
	home1.gte.net /vile_vermin/here.html (1089 words)

	Oklahoma Land Openings 1889-1907 - OkGenWeb
		Oklahoma's lands were opened in five land runs, land lottery, land auction and enlarged by a decision of the Supreme Court.
		Land hungry settlers viewed the cattlemen's use of the area as a waste of fertile farmland and pressured the government to purchase the Cherokee land from the Cherokee.
		As the white settlers pushed for even more land the government began to make treaties with the Indians that began a process of allotment whereby each individual member of a tribe would be given their own lot of land.
	marti.rootsweb.com /land/oklands.html (2568 words)

	The Cherokee Strip, September 16, 1893: Kansas Heritage Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		They were there to race for approximately 6 million acres of land, extending 58 miles to the south.
		The long skirt of one caught and held her firmly in a barbed-wire fence while two young men a few yards away drove stakes in the claim she was so near.
		Aside from the land office, the most important place in town was the Buckhorn bar, operated by Hill brothers in a circus tent, the gayest of the 70 saloons in Perry's "Hell's Half Acre."
	www.ku.edu /heritage/towns/strip.html (1441 words)

	Oklahoma Audio Almanac - May 31, 2000 -- OSU Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Tulsa race riot of 1921 is one of the most sensational, albeit tragic, events to occur in the recorded history of Oklahoma.
		The virtual destruction of a town as well as a cultural center rendered many fl Tulsans homeless and the physical signs of their heritage gone forever.
		Hower, B. 1921 Tulsa race riot and the American Red Cross, "Angels of Mercy": compiled from the memorabilia collection of Maurice Willows, director of Red Cross relief.
	www.library.okstate.edu /okaudio/31may00.htm (264 words)

	1889 Land Run, Guthrie, Oklahoma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Unassigned Lands, or "Oklahoma Country," was approximately two million acres in the center of what would be the state of Oklahoma.
		To be eligible to participate in the run, one had to be the head of a family, at least eighteen years old if a male or twenty-one years old if a female, and be an American citizen or have filed a declaration of intention to become one.
		Those who claimed land within one of the two designated townsites could only try to control as much land as they were physically able to.
	www.sandplum.com /guthrie/landrun.htm (1166 words)

	Oklahoma Land Rush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		We there week in camp about 4 miles from town and commence preparing our horses for the race on the 18th and while in camp we had a pleasant time.
		When the 18th arrived we had our 5 race horses in fine fix, went out to the line and took our places about one hour before starting with twenty thousand people.
		We had made a fine race and were proud of it.
	www.pan-tex.net /usr/l/drlocke (719 words)

	The Great American Foot Race
		Andy Payne, an Oklahoma Cherokee, was twenty years old when he decided to enter the 1928 Trans-Continental Foot Race.
		The runners left Ascot on March 4th, 1928 on the first leg of a race that was to take 84 days and cover 3,422.3 miles.
		When Andy returned to Oklahoma he paid off the mortgage on his family’s farm and built his parents a new home.
	www.itvs.org /footrace/runnerbio/featuredrunners/andypayne.htm (742 words)

	Global Mappings: Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
		The Tulsa race riot of 1921 is one of the most notorious in United States history.
		The commission, under the auspices of the Oklahoma historical society, interviewed many survivors of the riot and issued a lengthy report in 2000.
		This is exemplified by the disagreement surrounding the Race Riot Commission.
	diaspora.northwestern.edu /mbin/WebObjects/DiasporaX.woa/wa/displayArticle?atomid=581 (936 words)

	Oklahoma Land Run Of 1889 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Some came to the race in wagons, on bicycles, on trains, and even on foot.
		race for land in Oklahoma Territory in 1893.
		Web pages are provided as a privilege to OU students to enhance their life long learning experience, and the opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the institution or its student body.
	students.ou.edu /M/Joanne.C.Metzger-2 (217 words)

	Survivial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		race drew near the settlers practiced running their horses
		land that he intended to grab for himself.
		Oklahoma in 1907 had been reserved since the 1830s for
	www.garyrutledge.com /AmHistory/NotesFr1865/conquest_and_survivial.htm (599 words)

	Research Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Oklahoma Almanac 1997-98 and 2000-2001, 2001-2002 - 2002-2004
		The series NEWCOMERS TO A NEW LAND published in 1980 as a cooperative effort between the Okla. Library Assoc.
		Some Oklahoma City offices have branch offices in other parts of the state.
	www.oaac.org /research_links.htm (180 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Beautiful Land: A Story of the Oklahoma Land Rush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Beautiful Land centers around April 22, 1889, when, at precisely noon, the first Oklahoma Land Rush began.
		On the fateful day, they easily find a plot of land, and when Annie Mae and Dan's father is threatened by claim jumpers, the children get help and save the day.
		Anna Mae, her brother, and her father have been living in a dugout on the Kansas prairie for two years waiting for word that the new territory is open for settlement.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0140368086 (493 words)

	Department of the Interior: Museum Services Branch. Interior Building WPA Murals: The Oklahoma Land Rush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Oklahoma Land Rush, April 22, 1889 depicts the race at full tilt.
		Riders dash forward, the drivers stand as they urge on their galloping horses.
		Note that Curry's address is painted on the side of the wagon.
	www.doi.gov /museum/murals/rush.html (78 words)

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