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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