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.
Oklahoma Land Rush 100th anniversary postal card |
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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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