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A "land run" into which current state of the USA began at noon on 22 April 1889, when an estimated 50,000 people........

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A "land run" into which current state of the USA began at noon on 22 April 1889, when an estimated 50,000 people lined up to race to claim 160 acre (0.65 km2) pieces of the available 2 million acres (8,000 km²)?

posted Jun 28, 2023 by Anshika Utadi

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Oklahoma
This was the first land run into the Unassigned Lands and included all or part of the modern day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne counties of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The Unassigned Lands were considered some of the best unoccupied public land in the USA. Under the Homestead Act of 1862, settlers could claim a lot and if he lived on the land and improved it, could receive title to it.

answer Jun 29, 2023 by Mohammad
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