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===Settlement and assimilation=== In 1889, the [[Unassigned Lands]] to the east of the territory [[Land Rush of 1889|were opened for settlement]], and many of the residents went there. The remaining population was generously estimated by Chase at 10,000 after the opening. Ten years later, an actual count revealed a population of 2,548.<ref>Wardell, p. 885</ref> The passage of the [[Oklahoma Organic Act|Organic Act in 1890]] assigned ''Public Land Strip'' to the new [[Oklahoma Territory]], and ended the short-lived Cimarron Territory aspirations.<ref name=Interior-1904/> [[Image:Old Beaver County.png|580px|center|thumb|Beaver County encompassed the whole panhandle from 1890 until statehood.]] In 1891, the government completed the survey, and the remaining squatters were finally able to secure their homesteads under the Homestead Act. The new owners were then able to obtain mortgages against their property, enabling them to buy seed and equipment. Capital and new settlers came into the area, and the first railroad, the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|Rock Island]], built a line through the county from [[Liberal, Kansas]], to [[Dalhart, Texas]]. Agriculture began changing from subsistence farms to grain exporters.<ref name="EOHC-NML"/> ''"''No Man's Land''"'' became '''Seventh County''' under the newly organized Oklahoma Territory and was soon renamed Beaver County. Beaver City became the county seat. When Oklahoma Territory and [[Indian Territory]] were combined in 1907 as the state of Oklahoma, Beaver County was divided into Beaver, Texas, and Cimarron counties. The Oklahoma panhandle had the highest population at its first census in 1910, 32,433 residents, compared to 28,729 in the 2020 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://southcarolina1670.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/cimarron-concept-of-panhandle-state-nixed-by-political-squabbling/ |title=Cimarron: Concept of Panhandle state nixed by political squabbling |date=November 4, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221 |title=United States Census Bureau Quick Facts |access-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202181905/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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