Oklahoma%20Land%20Rush

1
Oklahoma Land Rush
2

• By the end of the 19th century, most of the good
  land in America had already been claimed.
• But in 1893, the government bought a block of
  excellent land in Oklahoma from the Native
  Americans.

3
(No Transcript)
4

• The land was divided into 42,000 pieces.
• On 16 September 1893, the land was offered for
  free to farmers.
• Over 100,000 people raced to claim it.

5
Movie Far and Away

• In 1892, Joseph (Tom Cruise) and Shannon (Nicole
  Kidman) move from Ireland to America.
• Living in Boston, they are very poor.
• Eventually, they part from each other.
• Joseph goes West, and gets a job building the
  railway.