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Title: Oklahoma%20Land%20Rush


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Oklahoma Land Rush
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  • By the end of the 19th century, most of the good
    land in America had already been claimed.
  • But in 1893, the government bought a block of
    excellent land in Oklahoma from the Native
    Americans.

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  • The land was divided into 42,000 pieces.
  • On 16 September 1893, the land was offered for
    free to farmers.
  • Over 100,000 people raced to claim it.

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Movie Far and Away
  • In 1892, Joseph (Tom Cruise) and Shannon (Nicole
    Kidman) move from Ireland to America.
  • Living in Boston, they are very poor.
  • Eventually, they part from each other.
  • Joseph goes West, and gets a job building the
    railway.
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