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"Boomers" is the name used for a group of settlers in the Southern United States in what is now the state of Oklahoma. They were participants in the "Boomer Movement." These participants were white settlers from 1879–1889 who believed the so-called " Unassigned Lands " within the Indian Territory were public property and open to anyone for ...
William Lewis Couch (November 20, 1850 – April 21, 1890), a native of North Carolina and later a resident of Kansas, was best known as a leader of the Boomer Movement and as the first provisional mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1889. He joined the Boomer Movement in 1880 and became the sole leader of the movement after David L. Payne's ...
David Lewis Payne (December 30, 1836 – November 28, 1884) was an American soldier and pioneer. Payne is considered by some to be the "Father of Oklahoma" for his work in opening the state to settlement.
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Women of Oklahoma, 1890–1920, (1997) excerpt and text search; Smith, Michael M., "Latinos in Oklahoma: A History of Four and a Half Centuries", Chronicles of Oklahoma, 87 (Summer 2009), 186–223. Wickett, Murray R. Contested Territory: Whites, Native Americans, and African Americans in Oklahoma 1865–1907 (2000) excerpt and text search
One-in-five Americans over the age of 65, or about 19%, were employed in 2023, according to a December survey by Pew Research Center. That’s significantly higher than the 11% of people in the ...
Sooners is the name given to settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands illegally in what is now the state of Oklahoma before the official start of the Land Rush of 1889. The Unassigned Lands were a part of Indian Territory that, after a lobbying campaign, were to be opened to American settlement in 1889.
Baby boomers are still looking for jobs even as many are aging out of the job market. This demographic represents those who are currently 58 to 77 years old; and, while some might be looking to ...