What is Oklahoma Territory?
[[File:okterritory.png|thumb|300px|Map of Oklahoma Territory and [[Indian Territory]], 1890s]] '''Oklahoma Territory''' was an [[organized territory]] of the [[United States]] from [[May 2]], [[1890]] until [[November 16]], [[1907]], when [[Oklahoma]] became the 46th [[U.S. state|state]]. It was made up of the western area of what is now the state of Oklahoma. The eastern area consisted of the last remaining part of [[Indian Territory]]. == Lands that came to make up Oklahoma Territory == * [[Unassigned Lands|Old Oklahoma]] – April, 22, 1889 – opened by [[land run]]. * [[Neutral Strip (Oklahoma)|No Man's Land]] – May 2, 1890, assigned to Oklahoma Territory by Organic Act. * [[Iowa tribe|Iowa reserve]] – September 22, 1891 – opened by land run. * [[Sac and Fox Nation|Sac and Fox reserve]] – September 22, 1891 – opened by land run. * [[Tonkawa|Tonkawa reserve]] – 1891 – [[allotment]]. * [[Potawatomi|Citizen Potawatomi]] and [[Shawnee|Absentee Shawnee]] reserve – September 22, 1891 – opened by land run. * [[Cheyenne people|Cheyenne]] [[Arapaho]] reserve – April 19, 1892 – opened by land run. * [[Cherokee Outlet]] – September 17, 1893 – opened by land run. * [[Kickapoo|Kickapoo reserve]] – May 4, 1896 – opened by land run. * [[Greer County, Texas|Greer County]] – March 16, 1896 – officially assigned to Oklahoma Territory (Supreme Court decision May 23, 1895, separated the county from Texas). * [[Comanche]], [[Kiowa]], and [[Plains Apache|Apache]] reserve – June 9 through August 6, 1901 – lottery. * [[Wichita (tribe)|Wichita]] and [[Caddo]] reserve – June 9 through August 6, 1901 – lottery. * [[Ponca]] and [[Otoe tribe|Otoe]]–[[Missouri tribe|Misouria]] reserve – 1904 – allotment. * [[Kaw (tribe)|Kaw reserve]] – 1906 – allotment. * [[Osage Nation|Osage reserve]] – 1906 – allotment. * [[Big Pasture]] – December 1906 – sealed bid. ==Other websites== * [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historical/home.html ''History of the State of Oklahoma'', 1908] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921103126/http://w