Cherokee Strip
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Cherokee Strip
Opened by Run, Sept. 16, 1983.
On line here, 15,000 waited for
carbine signal fired by cavalryman
at High Noon, Lt. C. A. Hedekin, commanding
Troop A., U.S. Cav. Race from land
started from post on knoll half mile
west, by wagon, buggy, bicycle, horse
and train. In 60 by 90 mile area, every
acre occupied by nightfall. The first
settlers reached Enid from here.
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