OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) - 135 years ago on May 2, the Oklahoma Territory was officially created. The U.S. 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison, appointed George W. Steele of Indiana as the territory’s ...

Oklahoma; McKinley's Proclamation. ... INDIAN LANDS OPEN JULY 10.; Government Plan of "Drawing" Will Be Followed by Homeseekers in Oklahoma Territory. Share full article. July 8, 1901.

Oklahoma celebrated statehood with a symbolic wedding ceremony between “Miss Indian Territory” and “Mr. Oklahoma Territory” and, in the name of unity, began systematically dismantling ...

EL RENO, Oklahoma Territory, July 29. -Oklahoma's Government land lottery was begun here in earnest this morning, and when the Commissioners appointed by the Federal Government adjourned the ...

Edward McCabe settled in Oklahoma Territory in 1890, where he founded the all-black town of Langston, helped form its namesake university and launched a newspaper to promote black migration.

Oklahoma Territory legislators tried to drive out black settlers too and adopted segregationist policies. They certainly weren't willing to make room for a black state.