Historical Marker
Steve Owens
Historical marker location:
103 North Main Street, Miami, Oklahoma
( Marker can be reached from North Main Street (Old U.S. 66) south of 2nd Avenue NW, on the right when traveling south.)
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.