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Unassigned Lands - 1885
"Sooners" redirects here. For the University of Oklahoma's athletic teams, see
Oklahoma Sooners; for the Canadian football team, see
Ottawa Sooners; for other uses, see
Sooner (disambiguation)
Sooners is the name given to
Sooners were often Some Sooners crossed into the territory illegally at night, and were originally called "moonshiners" because they entered "by the light of the moon." These Sooners would hide in ditches at night and suddenly appear to stake their claim after the land run started, hours ahead of legal settlers.
The term Boomer relating to Oklahoma refers to participants in the "Boomer Movement," white settlers who believed the Unassigned Lands were public property and open to anyone for settlement, not just Indian tribes. Their reasoning came from a clause in the Some Boomers entered and were removed more than once by the
Those who actually observed the official start of the land run and began the race for free land often found choice sections of land already occupied by Sooners or, in some cases, by Boomers. Problems with Sooners continued with each successive land run; in an 1895 land run as much as half of the available land was taken by Sooners. Litigation between legitimate land-run participants and Sooners continued well into the 20th century, and eventually the
In 1908, the
University of Oklahoma adopted "Sooners" as the nickname of their football team, after having first tried "Rough Riders" and "Boomers". Eventually, Oklahoma became known as "The Sooner State."
References
Notes
^ Blochowiak, Mary Ann.
"Sooners".
Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from
the original on 2006-02-18.
http://web.archive.org/web/20060218001824/www.ok-history.mus.ok.us... mehrSooner aus Wikipedia.
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