The Land Run of 1889 began the dispersion of the federal public domain in Oklahoma. The basis for opening Unassigned Lands came in 1889, when the U.S. Congress amended the Indian Appropriations ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Hundreds of single women made the runs to claim land in Oklahoma. But none did it with the flair of Annetta Daisey, who became a participant although she went to the Unassigned Lands to report on ...

From left, Justin Marlow and Spencer Morgan star in Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park's new production "Macbeth," which is set in what's now the Sooner State in the land run era of the 1880s and 1890s.

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.