First Oklahoma Land Rush

Vic: On this day in 1889 the first Oklahoma Land Rush opened two million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22.

If the weather was like it is today, you had some shiverin' settlers!

Here's a good article in The New American about the settling of "America's Last Frontier: Oklahoma."

http://bit.ly/OK-Land-Rush-1889

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