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Tales from the Oklahoma Land Runs
Season 18 • Episode 3
Broadcast date
01-05-1999
A pistol shot at noon in 1889 signaled the start of the first race between thousands of desperate men and women to stake their claim on government land in north-western Oklahoma. Tonight's programme sifts through archival footage and meets descendants of those battling pioneers who still own the land today.
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