In , people poured into central Oklahoma to stake their claims to nearly 2 million acres opened for settlement by the U. Although situated in Indian Territory, where the federal government had relocated many Native American tribes during the 19th century, the Unassigned Lands were no longer attached to a specific tribe in the years following the American Civil War.
Initially, the boomers who attempted to inhabit the Unassigned Lands were booted out by federal authorities. A month later, on April 22, starting pistols sounded and an estimated 50, land seekers dashed into the Unassigned Lands to make their claims. Harn Collection, OHS. Sooner is the name first applied about six months after the Land Run of to people who entered the Oklahoma District Unassigned Lands before the designated time.
The term derived from a section in the Indian Appropriation Act of March 2, , which became known as the "sooner clause. Illegal claimants were initially called "moonshiners," because they entered the area "by the light of the moon. So-called "legal sooners" had permission to enter before the designated time but nonetheless had the same unfair advantage.
Legal sooners included employees of the government deputy marshals, revenue agents, mail carriers, land officials or of the railroad company trackmen, section hands or those with special permits Indian agents, teamsters, traders.
The clamor against sooners resulted in numerous contests and appeals to the General Land Office and in unclear title to some claims for many years. Then as now, we all are at stake, and sooner or later, we all must make a stand. I had no sooner stepped upon the frail structure when it suddenly and unaccountably gave way in the middle. No sooner was the meeting at an end, than he left the Banking-house, and turned his steps towards home.
It was no sooner accomplished, than Ripperda was on the top of the ladder, and in a few seconds by his side. No; they shall stay at home, and never learn anything, sooner than go and get wet. No sooner was the ceremony over than the wicked count ordered her to present herself at the castle. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! The school's fight song is "Boomer Sooner. And what exactly is a Boomer? Well, it's tied into the history of land settlement in Oklahoma as well.
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