Totally insane

Oh yes. It's very true. The USPS issued a commemorative stamp for the 50th anniversary of the event. I cannot recommend a book, but another cinema example that comes to mind is the Cruise/Kidman flick "Far and Away".

The Oklahoma District land run depicted in Cimarron was April 22, 1889. Oklahoma's fourth (of five) and largest (ever in the world!) land run was the Cherokee Outlet run on September 16, 1893. This was depicted in silent films Tumbleweeds (1925) and (supposedly taking place in the Dakota Territory) 3 Bad Men (1926). Keep in mind that the 1925 film was depicting events only 32 years earlier.
A modern re-enactments appears in Far and Away (1992). As of this 2015 writing, the modern film is already 23 years earlier than now.

Yes, it's an incredibly exciting and unusual event in our nation's history, and totally different from how other states' lands were distributed as the United States moved westward from the 13 original colonies. For me, it has great significance. My grandfather was born on April 22, 1889, during the Land Rush, the "first white child" born in what is now Kingfisher county, Oklahoma, the same county I was born in in 1948. And though I only lived in Oklahoma the first three years of my life, I've had an affinity for the state (and for its football team) my whole life.

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Yes, it's an incredibly exciting and unusual event in our nation's history, and totally different from how other states' lands were distributed as the United States moved westward from the 13 original colonies. For me, it has great significance. My grandfather was born on April 22, 1889, during the Land Rush, the "first white child" born in what is now Kingfisher county, Oklahoma, the same county I was born in in 1948. And though I only lived in Oklahoma the first three years of my life, I've had an affinity for the state (and for its football team) my whole life.

You could start by reading the novel on which this film is based. Its name is "Cimmaron" by Edna Ferber. While alive she wrote some of America's most famous novels. Many of them were turned into big budget films like Giant and Show Boat. She is largely forgotten today.


You can also read "We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run"
by Jim Kjelgaard. Also there is Oklahoma: A History by W. David Baird and Danney Goble.

If you don't want to read those you can read about it on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rush_of_1889
There are also pictures of the Land Rush you can find by Googling Okalahoma Land Rush.

Some other books you might find interesting are "Oklahoma: A History of Five Centuries"
by Arrell M. Gibson

"A History of Oklahoma" by Joseph Bradfield Thoburn 1866-1941 This book was published in Dec 31, 1914.

Hope this helps you learn more about the history of the Sooner State.

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