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"The Late Sooner is a historical fiction based on my great grandfather's diary. Sanford Deering staked a claim in the Unassigned Lands of the Oklahoma Territory four months after the first land opening in 1889. He wrote one line a day in a ledger. They survived the famine of 1890 known as "The Year of the Turnip."

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Second Oklahoma Land Run

The lands of the Iowa, Sac, and Fox Indians opened for non-Indian settlement on September 22, 1891. Approximately 20,000 homeseekers rushed for 7,000 quarter-sections of land. Each quarter-section is 160 acres.
Posted by Sally Jadlow at 12:58 PM
Labels: 160 acres, 1891, Fox Indians, Iowa Indians, non-Indian settlement, quarter-section, Sac Indians, September 22

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