Telegram-herald., 1891-10-01
SPRUNG UP IN A DAY.
A Big Rush OF Settlers Establish the City
of Chandler. 1. T., with . Population OF

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of Chandler. 1. T.. with Population Of
5000.
GUTHRIE. o. T.. Sept. So.-Another
great rush is over and another city is
born Where at noon Monday not a
sign of human habitation existed there
is now q city of 5000 people. Hum
dreds of white tents CLEAN among the
trees, the sounds of the saw and ham,
mer are heard. and people are buying
and selling At an early hour Mon
day morning Gov. Steele exhibited
q plat of the town site of Chand-
Ter and announced that the sur.
vey was completed, and at 1l:5s
the bugle would give the warning, and
at 10 m. a volley from the soldiers
muskets in the center of the public
square would be the signal to go"
The 5000 people who had been waiting
to get in on the town site were gleefuL
BY 10 o'clock horsemen and footmen
stood three and five deep at all avail
able points OF the east and west
borders of the town site. Few people
had noticed that the sky was overcast
with black clouds, and all were sur
prised when, with a crash of thunder,
rain began to fall. For two hours it
poured perfect deluge and the
water ran in streams. Everyone was
drenched, yet not person moved from
the line. Men in broadcloth, women
in silk. boys, gamblers, preachers,
boomers, all stood and took the rain.
All were too eager for q home or a
fortune to be moved by a mere drench-
ing The plot showed that Manual
avenue, fronting on the public square
and running mile through the town
and all on the backbone of the town
site, would be the main business street.
For it every body was headed.
The thick woods did not hinder the
horsemen, who, as the signal was given,
dashed at breakneck speed for the best
lot they could get. Jumping from their
horses they would jan stake into the
ground and yell: 'This is my lot, while
horses ran loose pell nell everywhere.
The footmen, however, in many in
stances got the best lots, as the horses
could not be stopped under so feet.
Many men were knocked from their
horses by tree limbs, while many horses
and men fell fiat in the rush, yet there
was but one serious accident Miss
Nannette Daisy Euland, of Sueves-
berg, was on . fast horse and, ascend
ing q rocky cliff, the horse fell and
threw her against a bowlder. Her
forehead got an awful blow and her
left leg was fractured. She was un-
conscious for three hours, but the
physicians said there was no concus-
sion. and at o'clock she was rational.
She declared: THE lot where fell is
oil mine"
Selling fast. at once the scramble boz
gan. Many lots had from two TO three
claimants, each contending that he was
there first One contestant would buy
out another. while those who ''got
ner lot sold for $500 and a good many
went at from s25 to $500. BY
o'clock tents were up every
where. and the "busincss houses"
which had been down on thu
school section. planted on the
town site as rapidly as possible. by
supper time the city of tents was In
good order and the foundation laid for
a splendid town. A courthouse block.
three public school blocks and q TWEEN.
ty-acre park have been reserved. A
spring Of crystal incxhaustible water
has been found within 100 feet of the
center Of the town. Already wells
have been sunk and fine water found
at o to 10 feet A bank opened its
doors at onec.