The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-20

no intended t0 mako the run. dl1
not understand iuHt what opening
country iu settlement meant. but !
felt 90 would make % change in our
llyos Hu suu may Imagine how eager
my two nruihttH aud I wore TO- uclp
father Hot our two blk wagons
ready
At mat nta boa March. We started
from uIr home in northern rcsaA
overland. We wcro anNlouR 90 own
90 farm ana know we would need our
mur teams
Tnr Journey Vas wonderful I
rhul mover forget how hungry We
v,.. bI the time and how good
Hur4 taUcd. soon we cruaHcd the
llod river into the fhlCkHsgw nation.
Day otter day We travelled through
beautiful prairie land. now and then
pAHinr au Indian house and stop
uIur 1t small towna 10 got supplies
.Yr uurrolyr ana teams.
The boys and wanted to know
nothing about our now home. sO
$50 l"1d 1ll th" papers We could get
Wr learned that this land Co be
opened WBs large tract uf land In
fho indian Territory. bounded on tho
north by The Gherokco outlet, on the
west by the Cheyenne, Arhpnhoc
ana tho Wichita tcsofyatluns, on tho
south hy the Canadian river and on
the cast by the pottaWutomiC Kick
Hpoo. iowa ana IHwncc reservations.
We folt real afraid ~ the Indians,
hgt mother said they would not
hurt No.
At last tho great day came, April
%. 1889, when father wns 20 mako
the run. Thousands ~ people were
gathered along the border 20 rac"
for u quarter section Of land or "A
town lot In come onc ~ the cities A
signal was given at ~ o'clock for
the people Go start. 80 away they
went II was u funny sight. some
on horseback. come In carts and
many In covered wagons. Each was
supplied with CBntcen filled with
water strapped TO the saddle and
most every one had a blanket.
The thoughtful ones taking up
homestchdH had u shovel Rx and
other tools to either stretch tent
or begin 10 make dugout. which Is
a hole I'm the ground covered Win
natural sod. hii were prepared 20
make aomo Improvement.
Tho first thing potHon did after
the race was to drive down stake.
II two people stakcd the same quar-
ter Il was later decided by law which
] 'll' FAhhfh ~ HNs
III. Santa F- trains ran on slow
Schcdulc from north ara South.
| cities sprang Up IN "A few hours.
/ Father said on the evening OF the
| first day there we're probably fifteen
! thousand people In Guthrie ana Just
as many IN oklahoma city III Reno
aud KiuEfisher. In all ther" must
/ have been AZ least one hundred
/ thousand people in the territory the
/ first day. They represented every
class Of people yet they were there
| for common cause, that Of sccur-
/ ing a home. They were usually
| charitable and friendly These new
nctghbors were not strangers 20 each
other In their hardships, for the fol-
| lowing winter was severe and many
were forced to leave homo and get
work, leaving their families to hold
down the claim. soon they were
able TO vacate the dugout and build
more substantial houses and make
| other improvements, which proved
they were thrifty and ambitious 10
| advance.
| Their progress did not end in n
material way, bur following better
homes came schools. churches, and
roads,
The life OF the Uoneera In Okla
| homa ls fun ~ Interest to every one,
! but only those who experienced them
can realize the hardships that had
J TO be endured.