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"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

Oklahoma mark Centennial of frontier Land Rush

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III: · Page 6.12
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Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 6.12
Material type
Newspaper Clippings (Newspaper / Clipping)
Date
1989-04-09
Description
The State of Oklahoma will hold the 1989 Land Rush. Brief history on Oklahoma before it became a state it was tribal grounds/ Indian Territory. Then the land was invaded by white settlers. This event was known as "land runs". These land runs made settlement in Oklahoma different then others; this was not a gradual process.
Author or creator
Robert Trussell
Publication or source
The Kansas City Star
Subjects and names
Land runs, Indian territory, Oklahoma, settlement, Land Rush.

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