Arkansas (ar-KAN-sas) City's position, 4 miles north of the present Oklahoma border, made it a logical mustering point for one of the largest land rushes in the history of westward expansion. By the tens of thousands they lined up—eager boomers and homesteaders afoot, on horseback and with every horse-drawn conveyance possible—awaiting the gunshot that would signal the opening of the Cherokee Strip in 1893. Learn More...