“In Line At The Land Office, Perry, Sept. 23, 1893. 9 o'clock A.M. waiting to file.”
From the Bureau of Land Management series: Opening of the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma Territory, 1893
The Homestead Act of 1862, which provided the basis for land claims such as these, turns 150 years old on May 20.
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