A Broader View: The 1893 Land Run in an Era of American Change
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center 507 S 4th, Enid, OK, United StatesTravel back in time through this immersive exhibit that offers a broader perspective surrounding the 1893 Land Run and other events taking place across the country. Beginning with the Treaty of New Echota in 1835, the urge to expand westward culminated in the creation of territorial governments and the opening of land runs, and in 1893, the territory experienced its largest land run amid an economic panic and massive wave of immigration. In the same year, the Columbian Exposition in Chicago saw thousands of visitors witness agricultural, architectural, and technological advantages that helped propel the United States on to the same [...]