The Oklahoma Prairie on August 5, IQOI. In the tents across the border are camped the 

 thousands waiting for the hour of entrance 



Twenty-four days later, the City of Lawson was photographed on the identical spot shown above 

 BIRTH OF LAWSON, OKLAHOMA, PUBLIC DOMAIN CITY 



Reproduced from prints of photographs in the Public Land Report of IQOI, through courtesy of C. A. 

 Obenchain, who represented the Public Land Office at the opening 



