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*'''1874''': Red River Uprising- Buffalo War, the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche and Kiowa tribes fought white hunters in Oklahoma and Texas in an attempt to save the buffalo herds from destruction. | *'''1874''': Red River Uprising- Buffalo War, the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche and Kiowa tribes fought white hunters in Oklahoma and Texas in an attempt to save the buffalo herds from destruction. | ||
*'''1889:''' The federal government purchased the “Unassigned Lands” from the Indians and opened them for white settlement. The first land rush attracted about 50,000 people. For historical accounts of the land run of 1889, see Stan Hoig, The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. Oklahoma City, Okla.: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1984. <ref>{{FHL|351065|title-id|disp=(Family History Library Book 976.6 H2hs.)}} </ref> | *'''1889:''' The federal government purchased the “Unassigned Lands” from the Indians and opened them for white settlement. The first land rush attracted about 50,000 people. For historical accounts of the land run of 1889, see Stan Hoig, The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. Oklahoma City, Okla.: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1984. <ref>{{FHL|351065|title-id|disp=(Family History Library Book 976.6 H2hs.)}} </ref> | ||
*'''1890-:''' The Organic Act of 1890 established the 1906 Oklahoma Territory. This act organized seven counties in the “Unassigned Lands” and the Oklahoma panhandle (“No Man's Land”) and provided for the organization of additional | *'''1890-:''' The Organic Act of 1890 established the 1906 Oklahoma Territory. and Indian Territory existed side by side until statehood in 1907. This act organized seven counties in the “Unassigned Lands” and the Oklahoma panhandle (“No Man's Land”) and provided for the organization of additional counties as Indian governments were discontinued and surplus land was opened to settlers. During this time, the Oklahoma Territory expanded to fill western Oklahoma by gradually absorbing the following areas: | ||
::*Several reservations in central Oklahoma (1891) | ::*Several reservations in central Oklahoma (1891) | ||