The Oklahoma Land Rush begins on April, 22, 1889, as thousands of homesteaders plant their stakes pursuing their 160 acres claims to nearly 1.9 million acres of land that was formerly part of Indian Territory but had been identified by the federal government as unassigned land.
Thousands of people seeking land crowded into towns that served at the official starting points for the claim race. Different starting points experienced a different process, some more orderly and some more chaotic. More
