Charles Colcord

Historical marker location:

West Sheridan Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

( Marker is on West Sheridan Avenue west of Ron Norick Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2018

The 89er Trail.

The first land run in Oklahoma took place on April 22, 1889, when more than 50,000 people rushed to claim free land in the Unassigned Lands, which had been opened up for settlement by the federal government.