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Run of ’89 West Boundary

Canadian County
Location: on grounds of Canadian County Museum in El Reno
Coordinates: 35.530971, -97.958525
Material: Aluminum
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 west line for the run starting at noon. Prairies and hills in the 2-million-acre tract, east, were peopled by tens of thousands. Homes were planted and tent cities sprang up before nightfall.

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Run of ’89 West Boundary

Kingfisher County
Location: on OK-3/OK-33 three miles west of Kingfisher, next to the Run of ’92 marker
Coordinates: 35.8549, -97.958200
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Land Openings; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

On this line–98 degrees west longitude–many campers sat by their fires the night before the opening of "Old Oklahoma." The next day at noon on April 22, 1889, many people set out running on foot and by horse for 160 acre land claims in unassigned land east.

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