page_title: William Prettyman
hierarchical_section_title: William Prettyman
caption_attribution_description: Silver gelatin prints on 6 x 8.75 in. mounts with manuscript titles: "One Minute Before the Start" Sep. 16th 1893 and N.W. cor "Chilloco Reserve Sept. 16th 1893. These historic images document the "rush" for new homesteads in the 225 mile long, 58 mile wide "Cherokee Strip" between southern Kansas and Oklahoma Territory. Sold by the Cherokee to the government, by the time of the opening, more than 100,000 people gathered on the border, nearly 30,000 alone around Arkansas City. At noon on the 16th, the homesteaders, most mounted on horseback, but others on foot and in wagons, "boomed" across the border to secured prime claims.
context_page_description: William S. Prettyman was an early American photographer. According to the Oklahoma Historical Society, he is one of the best known photographers of the American frontier in Oklahoma Territory. He apprenticed with I.H. Bonsall. George Bancroft Cornish eventually took over his studio. The Harvey County Historical Museum has a couple of his photographs. Prettyman was the mayor of Blackwell, Oklahoma. He had a buggy setup he used to photograph Native Americans in situ. He also had a construction built to capture the action of the Cherokee Outlet land run.
context_section_description: William S. Prettyman (1858 — 1932) was an early American photographer. According to the Oklahoma Historical Society, he is one of the best known photographers of the American frontier in Oklahoma Territory. He apprenticed with I.H. Bonsall. George Bancroft Cornish eventually took over his studio. The Harvey County Historical Museum has a couple of his photographs. Prettyman was the mayor of Blackwell, Oklahoma. He had a buggy setup he used to photograph Native Americans in situ. He also had a construction built to capture the action of the Cherokee Outlet land run.
caption: Oklahoma land rush in the Cherokee Outlet photographs (1893) by William S. Prettyman
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