Opening Of Cherokee Outlet in Kansas

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	Opening Of Cherokee Outlet
Kansas State Historical Marker
Cowley County
	US-77, Cowley County Roadside turnout, south of Arkansas City , KS, USA

	At noon on September 16, 1893, more than 100,000 people lined the borders of the Cherokee Outlet listening for the pistol shots that started one of the world's greatest races. The prize was 8,000,000 acres of land: a quarter section or a town lot to every eligible settler who could stake a claim.