Oklahoma Territory - Lands That Came To Make Up Oklahoma Territory

Lands That Came To Make Up Oklahoma Territory

  • Old Oklahoma – April, 22, 1889 – opened by land run.
  • No Man's Land – May 2, 1890, assigned to Oklahoma Territory by Organic Act.
  • Iowa reserve – September 22, 1891 – opened by land run.
  • Sac and Fox reserve – September 22, 1891 – opened by land run.
  • Tonkawa reserve – 1891 – allotment.
  • Citizen Potawatomi and Absentee Shawnee reserve – September 22, 1891 – opened by land run.
  • Cheyenne Arapaho reserve – April 19, 1892 – opened by land run.
  • Cherokee Outlet – September 17, 1893 – opened by land run.
  • Kickapoo reserve – May 4, 1896 – opened by land run.
  • Greer County – March 16, 1896 – officially assigned to Oklahoma Territory (Supreme Court decision May 23, 1895, separated the county from Texas).
  • Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache reserve – June 9 through August 6, 1901 – lottery.
  • Wichita and Caddo reserve – June 9 through August 6, 1901 – lottery.
  • Ponca and Otoe–Misouria reserve – 1904 – allotment.
  • Kaw reserve – 1906 – allotment.
  • Osage reserve – 1906 – allotment.
  • Big Pasture – December 1906 – sealed bid.

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