The Cherokee Strip ~ Arkansas City, Kansas, USA
Posted by: brwhiz
N 37° 01.623 W 097° 02.874
14S E 673637 N 4099654
This Historical Marker, commemorating the largest land rush in the Oklahoma Territory, is located in a turnout off of Quaker Haven Camp Road on the west side of US Highway just south of Arkansas City, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMGEFZ
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2013
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Dedicated to
the many thousands who pioneered
The Cherokee Strip
September 16, 1893
Thousands gathered in this area to start a new frontier, six million acres of Cherokee Indian land was opened to homesteaders.
Tension, danger and hardship were the order of the day.
Arkansas City, Kansas