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Unassigned Lands - 1885

Sooners is the name given to settlers in the midwest of the United States who entered the Unassigned Lands in what is now the state of Oklahoma before President Grover Cleveland officially proclaimed them open to settlement on March 2, 1889 with the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889. The name derived from the "sooner clause" of the Act, which stated that anyone who entered and occupied the land prior to the opening time would be denied the right to claim land.

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Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Boo... Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Boomer Movement digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BO011.html - Web

Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Okla... Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory www.library.okstate.edu/okmaps/ - Web

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