1993 CHEROKEE STRIP ~ LAND RUN 2754 Plate Block of 4 x 29 cents US Postage Stamps

On April 17, 1993 in Enid, OK., the USPS celebrated the centennial of the Cherokee Strip Land Run, one of the largest, most spectacular races in history. An 8-million-acre parcel of land in northwest Oklahoma, the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement on September 16, 1893. More than 1,000 entrants reached to stake a claim n what the New York Times had billed as the "greatest real estate deal of the century."