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Run of ’89 East Boundary

Oklahoma County
Location: on OK-66, four miles east of Arcadia
Coordinates: 35.663874, -97.248359
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Land Openings; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

At the opening of the “Old Oklahoma,” April 22, 1889, this was the east line for the run starting at noon. Prairies and hills in the two-million-acre tract, west, were peopled by tens of thousands. Homes were planted and tent cities sprang up before nightfall.

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