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William Prettyman
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 A land run or land rush was an event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened to homestead on a first-arrival basis. Lands were opened and sold first-come or by bid, or won by lottery, or by means other than a run. The s .... References 1858 births 1932 deaths Photographers from Oklahoma People from Blackwell, Oklahoma 19th-century mayors of places in Indian Territory 19th-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherokee Strip Land Rush, 1893
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, edges of western South Carolina, northern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama. The Cherokee language is part of the Iroquoian language group. In the 19th century, James Mooney, an early American ethnographer, recorded one oral tradition that told of the tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, where other Iroquoian peoples have been based. However, anthropologist Thomas R. Whyte, writing in 2007, dated the split among the peoples as occurring earlier. He believes that the origin of the proto-Iroquoian language was likely the Appalachian region, and the split bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
