Over 130 years ago this month, thousands of settlers rushed to stake their claim of 160 acres in the so-called "unassigned lands" of Oklahoma territory, marking the beginning of what would eventually ...
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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 the ...
On April 22nd, 1889 50,000 people lined up to run into the unassigned lands to claim their slice of 2 million available acres. Known as Sooners, a number of people sneaked over the line before the ...
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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 night ...
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When the stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of the musical Oklahoma! went on sale last month across the state of Oklahoma, thousands queued in lines to purchase the stamps. In Guthrie, Lawton, ...