The '89er Trail Historical Markers

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The '89er Trail Historical Markers

The '89er Trail is a series of 28 historical markers placed where the events took place that helped create the City of Oklahoma City, from the attempts of the Boomers to settle in the Unassigned Lands to the election of the City's first mayor in 1890.

By Mark Hilton, October 21, 2019

A Summer of Political Unrest Marker in the foreground.

1 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 8 — A Summer of Political Unrest — The ‘89er Trail —

2 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 28 — Angelo C. Scott — The ‘89er Trail —

3 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 16 — Beale Defeats Overholser For Mayor — Oklahoma City November 27, 1889 — The ‘89er Trail —

4 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 23 — C.G. "Gristmill" Jones — Oklahoma City 1889-1903 — The '89er Trail —

5 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 25 — Charles Colcord — The ‘89er Trail —

6 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 10 — City Hall by Forfeiture — The ‘89er Trail —

7 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 14 — Hell's Half Acre — The ‘89er Trail —

8 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 26 — Henry Overholser — The ‘89er Trail —

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9 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 11 — Indian Lands Near the Unassigned Lands — Oklahoma City May 23-24, 1889 — The ’89er Trail —

10 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 2 — Indians, Railroads, Ranchers & the Military — The '89er Trail — Oklahoma City April 20, 1889 —

11 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 21 — Military Land Becomes School Land — Oklahoma City 1889-1894 — The '89er Trail —

12 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 19 — Prominent Land Cases — Oklahoma City 1890- Early 1900s — The ‘89er Trail —

13 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 6 — Settling the Conflicting Surveys — Oklahoma City April 27, 1889 — The ‘89er Trail —

14 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 12 — South Oklahoma — Oklahoma City April 23-27, 1889 — The ‘89er Trail —

15 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 27 — T.M. Richardson and the Oklahoma Bank — The ‘89er Trail —

16 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 1 — The Boomers — 1879-1889 — The ‘89er Trail —

17 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 9 — The Building of Oklahoma City — The ‘89er Trail —

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18 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 22 — The Canal — Fall 1889 to Christmas 1890 — The '89er Trail —

19 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 24 — The Choctaw Road — Oklahoma City 1889-1891 — The '89er Trail —

20 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 5 — The Citizens' Committee — Oklahoma City April 23, 1889 — The ‘89er Trail —

21 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 7 — The Election of May 1, 1889 — The ‘89er Trail —

22 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 20 — The Ill-Fated July Fourth Celebration — Oklahoma City July 4-6, 1889 — The '89er Trail —

23 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 3 — The Land Run — The ‘89er Trail —

24 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 4 — The Land Run — Oklahoma City April 22, 1889 — The ‘89er Trail —

25 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 18 — The New Framework of Government — Oklahoma City May-August, 1890 — The ‘89er Trail —

26 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 17 — The Oklahoma Territory Organic Act — Washington D.C. May 2, 1890 — The ‘89er Trail —

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27 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 15 — The Resignation of Mayor William L. Couch — Oklahoma City November 11, 1889 — The ‘89er Trail —

28 ► Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma City — 13 — Visit of the Congressmen — Oklahoma City September 17, 1889 — The '89er Trail —

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