of the Cherokee Strip land opened to settlement in 1893. This amounted to about $14.7 million, which was paid to the original allotment holders or their heirs. The tribe also received an additional $2 million in accrued interest. The Organic Act of 1890 incorporated the unassigned lands into the new Oklahoma Territory. Oklahoma became the 46th state on November 16, 1907. Cherokee Strip land run In 1889, Congress authorized the Cherokee Commission to persuade the Cherokee to cede their complete title to the Cherokee Outlet. After a great amount of pressure, and confirmed by a treaty Congress approved March 17, 1893, the Cherokee agreed, for "the sum of $8,595,736.12, over and above all other sums" to turn title over to the United States government. On September 16, 1893, the eastern end of the Cherokee Outlet was settled in the Cherokee Strip land run, the largest land run in the United States and possibly the largest event of its kind in history. In popular fiction The Cherokee Outlet and the actions of the cattlemen play a prominent role in a portion of the Matt Braun Western novel The Kincaids. The names of the characters have been changed, but the basic actions taken are explored. The 1897 land run serves as the setting of films such as 1925's Tumbleweeds starting William S. Hart and 1939's The Oklahoma Kid starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. References External links Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Cherokee Outlet Opening Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid, OK Cherokee Strip Museum, Perry, OK Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum, Arkansas City, KS Map of Cherokee Strip & Cherokee Outlet Outlet and Strip differences explained Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory Regions of the Southern United States Cherokee Nation (1794–1907) Former regions and territories of the United States Pre-statehood history of Oklahoma Regions of Oklahoma