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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory On August 9, 1901, Oklahoma immigrants acquired large numbers of Indian land.
124 years ago today, on August 9, 1901 (June 25, 1901 in the lunar calendar), Oklahoma immigrants acquired a large number of Indian lands. The beginning of the birth of a town, the land auction at the town site of Anna Dalcow, Oklahoma. On August 9, 1901, the territory of Oklahoma suddenly increased by 2.08 million acres. The post of 6,500 settled settlers who were lucky enough to get land marked the land they received. Federal agents paid $2 million to buy vast tracts of fertile soil south of the Cimalone River from the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache. Big farmers and railway kings are also trying to make deals in order to obtain pastures and expand railway operations. The mine owners knew that there was abundant coal reserves here, while the farmers believed that it was suitable for growing corn, wheat and cotton. The last time Oklahoma added territory, it was chaotic, and the frenzied land grab in 1889 resulted in at least one death. This time, the authorities decided to plan a sequential lottery ticket for nearly 170,000 applicants, and the winner can obtain land ownership if he stays on the allocated land for five years. If the Indians living in the eastern half of this territory did not know their rights and did not exercise these benefits so effectively, the public would have bought this land earlier than this. These Indian tribes have their own written constitutions and a perfect system of self-government. They require land buyers to pay them cash. In addition, each member of the tribe should own 160 acres of land. 64,690 square miles of land open to white immigrants News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/1kpi.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.17-01:38] 访问:72
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