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Opening of the Cherokee Strip

Kay County
Location: on US-77 at the Oklahoma-Kansas border
Coordinates: 36.998372, -97.045767
Material: Other (Stone with bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Ponca City Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: Land Openings; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

The present Oklahoma-Kansas state line marked the northern border of the Cherokee Outlet, which opened for settlement on September 16, 1893. This marker was dedicated in 1928 to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the opening of the Cherokee Outlet Opening.


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