South Oklahoma

Historical marker location:

Reno Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of Reno Avenue and Ron Norick Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Reno Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2018

Oklahoma City April 23-27, 1889. The 89er Trail.

Oklahoma is known as the "Sooner State" because of the land runs that occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "Sooners" were people who snuck into the unassigned lands of the Oklahoma Territory before the official opening of the land runs. The term "Sooner" eventually became a nickname for people from Oklahoma.