OKALAHOMA LAND RUSH

 

The land offered for settlement in the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was called the “Unassigned Lands” and originally belonged to Native American tribes.  This land was held by the federal government until the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 was passed.  This act allowed President Benjamin Harrison to open two million acres to settlers.

When the Homestead Act was signed into law by President Lincoln in 1862, settlers could claim up to 160 acres each if they lived on and improved the land.  This was the American dream for tens of thousands of people across the United States.  When land was opened for settlement, they all came to stake their claims.

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