Depot Heroes Pioneers participating in the Cherokee Land Run in 1893 settled along four town sites in the Oklahoma Territory: two Pond Creeks and two Enids. The government’s Pond Creek and Enid were formed after Rock Island Railroad officials were suspected of speculating on town development with local Cherokees. The railroad got its revenge by refusing to stop at government towns. Settlers were pretty ticked off about that. At those towns, the railroad had installed a hook to deliver and
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