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LAND RUSH BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1889

Oklahoma Land Run 1889 — Xiang Zhang Fine Art

At precisely high noon, thousands of would-be settlers made
a mad dash
into the newly opened Oklahoma Territory to claim       
cheap land.

The nearly two million acres of land opened up to white
settlement was located in Indian Territory, a large area that
once encompassed much of modern-day Oklahoma.

Initially considered unsuitable for white colonization, Indian
Territory was thought to be an ideal place to relocate Native
Americans who were removed from their traditional lands to
make way for white settlement.

The Opening of Oklahoma 1889 "The Run" | Metropolitan Library System

Oklahoma City, 1889 Painting by Granger - Fine Art America

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