Oklahoma Land Rush

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:associatedWith railroad expansion
homesteading
land speculation
Native_American_displacement
gptkbp:causedBy desire for land
gptkbp:culturalImpact literature and art
community events
historical reenactments
state celebrations
education and history curriculum
American_folklore
tourism_in_Oklahoma
Oklahoma_identity
gptkbp:date April 22, 1889
gptkbp:followedBy Oklahoma_statehood
gptkbp:governs gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:American_frontier
gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
Gilded Age
land grants
territorial governance
railroad expansion policies
settler motivations
land policy changes
government incentives for settlement
homestead_laws
land_rush_phenomena_in_the_U.S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oklahoma Land Rush
gptkbp:influencedBy Manifest Destiny
Westward_Expansion
gptkbp:location gptkb:Oklahoma_Territory
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:J._W._McAlester
gptkb:David_L._Payne
gptkb:C._E._McGowan
gptkb:William_Couch
gptkb:A._J._Seay
gptkbp:occursIn 1889
gptkbp:outcome cultural diversity
economic development
land ownership disputes
formation of towns
conflicts_with_Native_Americans
gptkbp:participants land rushers
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act
gptkbp:resultedIn settlement_of_Oklahoma
gptkbp:significance opened up land for settlement
gptkbp:type land rush