Discover Oklahoma's rich history, diverse economy, and varied geography. Learn about its Native American roots, energy and ...

Oklahoma's history offers a truer, unvarnished portrait of America, with its ambitions, erasures, stubborn beauty and its ...

On Monday, the state Senate unveiled a landscape painting depicting the historic event that put Oklahoma on the map, the Land Run of 1889. The work, by Oklahoma artist Wayne Cooper, was sponsored ...

Here's what to know about the 1889 land run, how it originated, and the effects it still has today. Oklahoma Land Rush: Where did 'Unassigned Lands' come from? The land, nearly 1.9 million acres ...

Two weeks after Land Run in OKC - population 7,000. (Image from Oklahoma Historical Society) The Land Run of 1889 kicked off 135 years ago on Monday, April 22, 1889.

She said learning about the Land Run is important. “You get to know about Oklahoma’s history and how people got their homes,” Kalyn said. The day ended with pioneer games and square dancing.

But none did it with the flair of Annetta Daisey, who became a participant although she went to the Unassigned Lands to report on the April 22, 1889, land run for the Dallas Morning News and Fort ...

Oklahoma's first newspaper went on sale in Guthrie only hours after the first run into unassigned lands began at noon April 22, 1889. Frank Greer, a young Kansan who had slipped into Guthrie the ...

That event, which started on April 22, 1889, is also a source of generational trauma for many Oklahoma tribal members, who are reminded by the 1889 Oklahoma Land Run of their ancestors' forcible ...