This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dauphin, Sattler, Saddler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zl.2ADI/114 Message Board Post: My g-grandfather Edward F. Dauphin moved to Douglas, Kansas in about 1876 from Illinois. I need a source of information for the Douglas, Kansas area. Can someone help? Does anyone know what 'Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma' pertains to, one of his sons particapated in it in about 1892. Several of the children moved back to Illinois by 1900.

I don't know about the Daupins in Douglas County, but I had ancestors there about that time. I found information on mine when I was in Salt Lake City. It was in a book called "Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas. It was by Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago 1899. It is on film with the LDS. I can't read the film number, but the book number is us/can 978.1 D3po. The "Cherokee Strip" refers to the 1889 Land Run for the land in Oklahoma. The Cherokee Strip covers much of northern Oklahoma. They made a run from the Kansas border and claimed sections along the way. They had to live on the claim a certain number of years to hold their claim. There is much written about this in Oklahoma History. If you follow football, you may be interested to know that the Oklahoma "Sooners" got their name from this Land Run. Some people sneaked over the line to claim their lands before the signal gun fired. They were called "Sooners". I hope this has helped you. Also, their are some newspapers on film from Douglas County. I found quite a bit in Topeka and the county itself. Happy hunting Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: <70243.343@compuserve.com> To: <KSDOUGLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 5:39 PM Subject: [KSDOUGLA-L] Dauphin Family/Douglas > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Dauphin, Sattler, Saddler > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zl.2ADI/114 > > Message Board Post: > > My g-grandfather Edward F. Dauphin moved to Douglas, Kansas in about 1876 from Illinois. I need a source of information for the Douglas, Kansas area. Can someone help? Does anyone know what 'Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma' pertains to, one of his sons particapated in it in about 1892. Several of the children moved back to Illinois by 1900. > >