Over 130 years ago this month, thousands of settlers rushed to stake their claim of 160 acres in the so-called "unassigned lands" of Oklahoma territory, marking the beginning of what would eventually ...

The Land Run of 1889 kicked off 135 years ago on Monday, April 22, 1889. According to the Oklahoma Historical Society, in 1889 the Indian Appropriations Bill was amended to allow President Benjamin ...

Nearly 5,000 people waited along the Canadian River near Purcell for their chance of a lifetime. On March 1, 1939, The Daily Oklahoman published this article about a little-known Land Run participant.

Hundreds of single women made the runs to claim land in Oklahoma. But none did it with the flair of Annetta Daisey, who became a participant although she went to the Unassigned Lands to report on the ...