Editing Cherokee Outlet (section)

==Cherokee Strip land run==
In 1889, [[United States Congress|Congress]] authorized the [[Cherokee Commission]] to persuade the Cherokee to cede their complete title to the Cherokee Outlet. After a great amount of pressure, and confirmed by a treaty Congress approved March 17, 1893, the Cherokee agreed, for "the sum of $8,595,736.12, over and above all other sums" to turn title over to the United States government. On September 16, 1893, the eastern end of the Cherokee Outlet was settled in the [[Land Run of 1893|Cherokee Strip land run]], the largest [[land run]] in the United States and possibly the largest event of its kind in history.<ref name="Landphair">{{cite web |last1=Landphair |first1=Ted |title=Cheaters Prospered in Historic U.S. Land Runs |url=https://www.voanews.com/usa/cheaters-prospered-historic-us-land-rush |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117195543/https://www.voanews.com/usa/cheaters-prospered-historic-us-land-rush |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |website=VOA News |access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref>

[[File:OkLandRush.jpg|thumb|center|Photograph of the land rush by [[William S. Prettyman]] who participated in it and served as a mayor of Blackwell]]