A Broader View: The 1893 Land Run in an Era of American Change

Name: A Broader View: The 1893 Land Run in an Era of American Change
Start: 2024-10-01T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-01T17:00:00-05:00
Location: 507 South 4th Street, Enid, OK, United States, Oklahoma 73701

Schedule

Tue Oct 01 2024 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

507 South 4th Street, Enid, OK, United States, Oklahoma 73701 | Enid, OK

A new exhibit at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will focus on what was happening in the United States during the 1893 Cherokee Outlet Opening. “A Broader View: The 1893 Land Run in an Era of American Change” will use the Cherokee Outlet Opening to examine the broader changes occurring across the nation.
Comprising approximately seven million acres, the Cherokee Outlet was acquired by the Cherokee Nation under the Treaty of New Echota in 1835. Following the Civil War, the United States forced the Cherokee Nation to relinquish some lands in the Cherokee Outlet to create reservations for other tribal nations. Remaining lands in the Outlet opened to settlement at noon on September 16, 1893. Tens of thousands of individuals participated in the largest land run in Oklahoma history.
The Cherokee Outlet Opening occurred in a year that marked immense change throughout the United States. A stock market crash and widespread bank closures triggered the Panic of 1893, which was the worst economic depression until the Great Depression in the 1930s. While the Columbian Exposition in Chicago sought to highlight American progress and ingenuity, an agricultural crisis and widespread labor unrest exposed growing inequality. Immigration was an important issue as well, specifically an influx of migrants from southern and eastern Europe.
“A Broader View” will expand visitors’ understanding of the context in which the 1893 land run took place. The exhibit will display advancements in mass production while speaking to contributions made by industrialists and labor organizations. Deteriorating work conditions prompted many to take a chance on the land run, where men and women assumed new roles to promote political causes and establish homesteads and businesses. The exhibit is open August 13th, through Saturday, November 2.