Leaping Into History

Historical marker location:

304 W 1st St, Edmond, Oklahoma

( Marker is on West 1st Street west of South Oschner Drive, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2007

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.