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Land Runs, Lotteries and Auction 1889 -1906
What is popularly known as the "Land Run", was five land runs, a land lottery and
finally a land auction. Prior to each Land Run the US government surveyed and platted
160 acres tracts for the first settler to reach to stake claim.
Below are the seven events
| APR |
22 |
1889 |
Oklahoma Territory's First Land Run. |
| SEP |
22 |
1891 |
Iowa, Sac, Fox, Pottawatomie, and Shawnee Lands, opened by land run. |
| APR |
19 |
1892 |
Cheyenne and Arapaho land opened by land run. |
| SEP |
16 |
1893 |
Cherokee Outlet opened by land run. |
| MAY |
3 |
1895 |
Kickapoo lands opened by land run. |
| AUG |
1 |
1901 |
Wichita-Caddo and Comanche, Kiowa and Apache lands, opened by a "land lottery" |
| DEC |
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1906 |
Big Pasture lands opened by bids. |
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