Burdie
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1893 Land Rush & part 2 and 3
Here is a little history of the site I have researched. It was Sept. 16, 1893, the day of the largest land "run" in
history, the opening of the Cherokee Strip to settlement. The anxious crowds at Arkansas City, South Haven and Caldwell begin on their journey into the Cherokee Outlet at 12:00 noon. The Caldwell crowd was a conglomeration of ten thousand farmers, cowboys, and old soldiers in buggies, wagons, and on horseback. A very little known group took the train to enter the land rush. One of those men was Frank Martin. The funny thing was the train was not suppose to be an advantage. The train was not allowed to go faster than a man could walk. The fact was the train did not have to slow down at a creek crossing so it was a little faster.
Mr. Martin jumped off the train after a few miles south of the starting line. He ran as fast as he could to an unoccupied area and staked his claim. His choice of a site turned out to be a bad one. This site was poor for farming and not great for cattle ranching. After struggling for 35 years he abandon the homestead and used it just to graze cattle. His Great granddaughter owns the land now. They use it for a pasture also.
They have allowed me to search the old foundations that are located near a small creek. I am going to wait till it cools down before I go back out to search.
I hope to find some artifacts that will give us an idea of what their life was like at this struggling homestead. Here are some photos of the layout of this old homestead.
Pictures of house foundation, don't sit on the ground to dig and celler hole
Here is a little history of the site I have researched. It was Sept. 16, 1893, the day of the largest land "run" in
history, the opening of the Cherokee Strip to settlement. The anxious crowds at Arkansas City, South Haven and Caldwell begin on their journey into the Cherokee Outlet at 12:00 noon. The Caldwell crowd was a conglomeration of ten thousand farmers, cowboys, and old soldiers in buggies, wagons, and on horseback. A very little known group took the train to enter the land rush. One of those men was Frank Martin. The funny thing was the train was not suppose to be an advantage. The train was not allowed to go faster than a man could walk. The fact was the train did not have to slow down at a creek crossing so it was a little faster.
Mr. Martin jumped off the train after a few miles south of the starting line. He ran as fast as he could to an unoccupied area and staked his claim. His choice of a site turned out to be a bad one. This site was poor for farming and not great for cattle ranching. After struggling for 35 years he abandon the homestead and used it just to graze cattle. His Great granddaughter owns the land now. They use it for a pasture also.
They have allowed me to search the old foundations that are located near a small creek. I am going to wait till it cools down before I go back out to search.
I hope to find some artifacts that will give us an idea of what their life was like at this struggling homestead. Here are some photos of the layout of this old homestead.
Pictures of house foundation, don't sit on the ground to dig and celler hole
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