Volume 18 , Issue 37

NW Okie's Journey

This week we bring you some history of Indian Territory, and the Land Run of 22d April 1889.

"Listen, now, you people who have gone to Oklahoma for land and failed to get it; who realize now that you are face to face with the realities of a pioneer's life - its discomforts, its unrefinements, its lack of school, church and social privileges its absence of fruits, yes and the absence of crops for two years, until the sod can be turned and tamed, listen of this better land, this "sure thing." - This paragraph was taken from The Walnut Valley Times, El Dorado, Kansas, 22 April 1889, Monday, page 1.

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Walking With Old Sweet Sadie

What about the "land Run of 1889" into Indian Territory, Oklahoma? Let us discover more about the Land Rush of 22d April 1889 when the Indian Territory, south of the Cherokee Strip, was opened up to settlers.

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Remembering 22 April 1889 Run, Indian Territory

We dug back through the archives in search of memories of the Indian Territory Run of 1889 (April 16). It was in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, page 1, 19 April 1889, Friday, we found this headline: "Outlook At Oklahoma City."

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April, 1889, Moving Over the Strip

Last week we researched the Run of 1893. This week we look deeper into the Run of 1889. It was in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, page 1, 19 April 1889, Friday, we found this headline: "Moving Over the Strip." The Boomers take up their march from Arkansas City.

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April, 1889, Hard Traveling, Indian Territory

According to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, dated 19 April 1889, Friday, page 1, we read about "Hard Traveling."

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April, 1889 Run, Indians Uneasy

During the Run of 1889, Indian Territory, in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, dated 19 April 1889, Friday, page 1, we learn about the "Indians Uneasy."

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1889, I.T., All Headed For Oklahoma

As we learn more about the Run of 1889 into Indian Territory, we find the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, dated 19 April 1889, Friday, page 1, with he following headlines: "All Headed For Oklahoma." Reports from Southwestern towns were showing the rush to be increasing.

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April, 1889, Local Boomers Preparing To Move

To learn more about the Run of 1889 into Indian Territory, we find the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, dated 19 April 1889, Friday, page 1, with he following headlines: "Local Boomers preparing To Move." A Meeting of the Chicago Colonists Who Are to Leave Saturday.

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