It pushed the Indians into even smaller reservations and pushed white people and culture into previously Indian territories.
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The land rush started on April 22, 1889 at high noon. By the end of the day, both the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie were founded and had 50,000 citizens each. The movement for settling Oklahoma and the Land Rush led to the terms booner and sooner which were then used for the University of Oklahomaâ??s fight song.
The Oklahoma Land Rush
the land was fertile and they could grow crops
Oklahoma city
Because of the shape - if you look at West Virginia or Oklahoma, they both have narrow strips of land jutting out from the main body - the 'handle' to the 'pan' of the rest of the state.