Oklahoma Territory

territory of the USA between 1890-1907

panhandle in north-western Oklahoma and former unorganized territory

right|thumb|375px|Unassigned Lands – 1885 Sooners is the name given to settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands illegally in what is now the state of Oklahoma before the official start of the Land Rush of 1889. The Unassigned Lands were a part of Indian Territory that, after a lobbying campaign, were to be opened to American settlement in 1889. President Benjamin Harrison officially proclaimed the Unassigned Lands open to settlement on April 22, 1889. As people lined up around the borders of the Oklahoma District, they waited for the official opening. It was not until noon that it officially

former county in Texas, United States (1860-1896), afterwards part of Oklahoma Territory