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1889 : the boomer movement, the land run, and early Oklahoma City / Michael J. Hightower.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hightower, Michael J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public lands.
- Oklahoma--History--Land Rush, 1889.
- Oklahoma.
- History.
- Public lands--Oklahoma--19th century.
- Oklahoma City (Okla.)--History--19th century.
- Oklahoma City (Okla.).
- Frontier and pioneer life--Oklahoma.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Oklahoma--Oklahoma City.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 328 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Eighteen eighty-nine, the boomer movement, the land run, and early Oklahoma City
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Examines how key aspects of the Gilded Age contributed to the push for homesteading and townsite development in central Indian Territory that escalated in the 1870s, crystallized in the 1880s, and ended with the Run of '89; and examines the first stirrings of urbanization in the 320-acre townsite that became Oklahoma City."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Indian territory to 1885
- Antecedents
- Wars and reservations
- On to Oklahoma!
- Four cattle kings
- Boomers
- Our sorrow
- The run
- A big boom
- Endgame
- Everybody at sea
- City building
- Born grown
- Status quo
- 1890.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806160702
- 0806160705
- OCLC:
- 1035439628
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