Over 130 years ago, Congress agreed to open previously closed territory in Oklahoma to settlement. The event took place on April 22, 1889, and is still considered to be one of the most famous land rushes. Settlers who took part in this rush were given the nickname “Eighty-Niners” or “Sooners.” They were responsible for developing the areas that later became Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne counties in Oklahoma.
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. |
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