Changes coming near Oklahoma City land run monument The Centennial Land Run Monument along the Bricktown Canal in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021.

On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers rushed to claim more than 6 million acres of land in what is now northern Oklahoma.

Jerome Howard Smith Oklahoma land rush: race for the homestead in the Cherokee strip 76.2 x 101.6 cm. (30 x 40 in.) close Medium Oil on Canvas Size 76.2 x 101.6 cm. (30 x 40 in.) Sale Consectetur ...

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.

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 ...

This is the third time that the Oklahoma land run has been featured on U.S. postage. In 1968 the 75th anniversary of the land rush was the subject of a 6-cent commemorative stamp, and in 1989 it ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers rushed to claim more ...

On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers rushed to claim more than 6 million acres of land in what is now northern Oklahoma.