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Run of ’89 North Boundary

Kingfisher County
Location: on US-81, three miles north of Hennessey on Garfield-Kingfisher County line
Coordinates: 36.1643744,-97.8900608
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation

At the opening of "Old Oklahoma," April 22, 1889, this was the north line for the run starting at 12 o'clock noon. Prairies and hills in the 2,000,000-acre tract, south, were peopled by tens of thousands, homes were planted and tent cities sprang up before nightfall.

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Run of ’89 North Boundary

Logan County
Location: on US-77 at Logan-Noble county line, one mile north of Orlando
Coordinates: 36.158890, -97.371849
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Land Openings; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

This east-west line notes the location of the north boundary of the Unassigned Lands which were opened for homesteading on April 22, 1889, comprising the major part of six present-day Oklahoma counties.

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