Oklahoma Territory
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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
Establishment
May 1890: Oklahoma Territory was organized.
May 1890: Western half of Indian Territory, except for the Cherokee Outlet, becomes part of the Oklahoma territory.
Chronology
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1. Events
September 1893: Per a treaty with the Cherokee, the federal government purchased the Cherokee Outlet in the Indian Territory and opened it to settlement, transferring it to Oklahoma Territory as provided in the Oklahoma Organic Act.
November 1907: Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory were combined and admitted as the forty-sixth state, Oklahoma.
Disestablishment
November 1907: Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory were combined and admitted as the forty-sixth state, Oklahoma.
Selected Sources
Van Zandt, Franklin K. (1976). Boundaries of the United States and the Several States: With Miscellaneous Geographic Information Concerning Areas, Altitudes, and Geographic Centers. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 139-141
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