At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rush_of_1889" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Land Rush of 1889">Land Rush of 1889</a>. Within hours the cities of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guthrie,_Oklahoma" id="mwSg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Guthrie, Oklahoma">Guthrie</a> are formed with populations of at least 10,000.