Land Rush of 1889 - Wikipedia
The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was the first land run into the Unassigned Lands of the former western portion of the federal Indian Territory, which had decades earlier since the 1830s been assigned to the Creek and Seminole native peoples.
Rushes to Statehood: The Oklahoma Land Runs
The Oklahoma panhandle, which was then known as “no man’s land,” was opened to settlement by the Oklahoma Organic Act of 1889. With the exception of Washita and Custer counties this map shows county lines as of 1907, as represented in The Daily Oklahoman on April 23, 1939.
Greatest Horse Race - A Centennial Map of the 1889 Oklahoma Land Run
Greatest Horse Race - A Centennial Map of the 1889 Oklahoma Land Run $10.00 The Land Run of 1889, although not without precedent in the history of the West, began the disposal of the federal public domain in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma County Plats, 1889 - Oklahoma Historical Society
This index includes names extracted from US land patents homesteads: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Territory Land Run of April 22, 1889. Included is the town/location, the individual's name, the legal land description, and various notes regarding landmarks or additional details.
OKGenWeb Oklahoma Land Openings 1889-1907
Oklahoma's First Land Run opened all or part of the present Oklahoma counties of Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne. The Tract Books were made when the land was first offered or opened to entry by the Federal Government.
Oklahoma, U.S., Land Run and other Land Records, 1889-1926 - Ancestry.com
There were eight land openings total: five were done by land runs, two by land lotteries, and one by sealed bid. See the map below for more information. (Map courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society)
Land Run of 1889 | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and …
By setting the stage for non-Indian settlement of other sections of Indian Territory, the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 quickly led to the creation of Oklahoma Territory under the Organic Act of 1890 and ultimately to the formation of the forty-sixth state of the Union, Oklahoma, in 1907.
Maps and History of Oklahoma County 1830-1900.1
Almost all know that the county was initially populated by the Land Run of April 22, 1889, but not as many are familiar with the fact that our eastern 144 square miles were not included in that 1889 Land Run at all.
Unassigned Lands - Wikipedia
On April 22, 1889, the Oklahoma lands were settled by what would later be called the Run of '89. Over 50,000 people entered on the first day, among them several thousand freedmen and descendants of slaves. Tent cities were erected overnight at Oklahoma City, Kingfisher, El Reno, Norman, Guthrie and Stillwater, which was the first of the ...
Land run - Wikipedia
Seven land runs in all took place in Oklahoma, beginning with the initial and most famous Land Rush of April 22, 1889, which gave rise to the terms "Eighty-Niner" (a veteran of that run) and "Sooner."