High Noon, April 22, 1889: The Race for Oklahoma
At noon on April 22, 1889, some 50,000 settlers charged into Oklahoma's Unassigned Lands at a cannon's boom, staking 160-acre claims in the wildest land rush in American history.
At noon on April 22, 1889, some 50,000 settlers charged into Oklahoma's Unassigned Lands at a cannon's boom, staking 160-acre claims in the wildest land rush in American history.