The reservation was open to non-Indian settlement between 1895 and 1925.

The Outlet was opened to non-Indian settlement by the Cherokee Strip Land Run in September 1893.

These lands were opened to non-Indian settlement on April 22, 1889.

The three easternmost townships were added to the county in 1891, after the Sac and Fox lands were opened to non-Indian settlement.

More than 1,000 Comanches rose in revolt in Texas, committing various depredations on non-Indian settlements.

The area comprising the present Bethel Acres was opened to non-Indian settlement September 22, 1891.

The town began after the Cherokee Outlet was opened to non-Indian settlement September 16, 1893.

It became part of the Unassigned Lands, and the area was opened to non-Indian settlement in the land run on April 22, 1889.

The government declared Indian lands remaining after allotment as "surplus" and opened them for non-Indian settlement.

Under a later treaty it was reserved for the exclusive occupancy of the Sandy Lake Band, and it was later opened to non-Indian settlement.