Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 3.15
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 3.15
- Material type
- Magazine article
- Date
- January-February 1989
- Description
- Benjamin Harrison signed a proclamation that declared lands purchased from the Creeks and Seminoles would be opened for settlement based upon the Homestead Act. After this, the gold rush of California and Colorado took place, which attracted high numbers of settlers.
- Author or creator
- Dr. Stan Hoig
- Publication or source
- Oklahoma Today
- Subjects and names
- Oklahoma, Homestead Act, Indian Appropriation Bill, gold rush, population growth, settlement.
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