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The Cherokee Strip of Kansas, in the United States, was a disputed strip of land on the southern border of the state. Official language(s) English Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area Ranked 15th - Total 82,277 sq. ...
In 1825 the Osage Nation was given a reservation in eastern Indian territory in what is now Kansas. In the Treaty of New Echota, May 23, 1836, the northern border of the Cherokee land was set as the southern border of the Osage lands. When Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act on May 30, 1854, it set the southern border of the Kansas Territory as the 37th parallel. It was thought at the time that the Osage southern border was also the 37th parallel. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Indian Territory in 1836 Indian Territory in 1891 Indian Country redirects here. ...
The Treaty of New Echota was a removal treaty signed in New Echota, Georgia by officials of the United States government and several members of a faction within the Cherokee nation on December 29, 1835. ...
May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ...
Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
For other uses, see Cherokee (disambiguation). ...
The Kansas–Nebraska Act was a United States federal law passed on May 30, 1854, organizing a territorial government for the lands that later became the states of Kansas and Nebraska. ...
May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ...
1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Kansas Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854 to January 29, 1861, when Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. ...
The Cherokees immediately complained, saying that it was not the true boundary and that the border of Kansas should be moved north to accommodate the actual border of the Cherokee land.
The situation languished during the troubles in Kansas leading up to the Civil War. In 1866 treaty, after the Civil War, the Cherokees agreed by treaty to cede, in trust to the United States, such portion of their land that is now in present-day Kansas. A commission was set up to survey the disputed land. The survey, approved December 11, 1871, found that the border was off by 2.46 miles. The strip in question ran from the Neosho River to the 100th meridian and amounted to 434,679.36 acres (1,759 km²). Division of the states during the Civil War: Union states Union territories Border states Bleeding Kansas The Confederacy Confederate territories (not always held) Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in the history of Kansas as Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a sequence of violent events involving Free-Staters (anti...
“The Civil War†is the most common term for this conflict; see Naming the American Civil War. ...
1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. ...
Under terms of Article 17 of the Treaty of 1866, the land was to be sold "at not less than $1.25 an acre [$309/km²]" for the first year and then offered for sale at local land offices. The first year 156,848.47 acres (635 km²) were sold, and the balance of 277,830.89 acres (1,124 km²) was turned over to land offices during the summer of 1879. As required, the proceeds were placed in the United States Treasury subject to order of the Cherokee Nation council. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department, a treasury, of the United States government established by an Act of U.S. Congress in 1789 to manage the revenue of the United States government. ...
Alternate meanings: Cherokee (disambiguation) The Cherokee are a people native to North America who first inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before most were forcefully moved to the Ozark Plateau. ...
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