Before the Founding of Lawton
Land Lottery and Auction
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| Each Land Office provided a map of their district. The map was large enough to show the smallest legal subdivision of land. As soon as each entry was made, it was marked off on the map. Each filer had to choose several claims. Their first choice might already be taken, and they only had one day to file. |
The land chosen could take many shapes. The claim could be in the shape of an L, T, Z. The claim could be a mile strip or a square. The only restriction as to the shape was that it had to be of a “contiguous forty” or 40 acres in a row.
“We registered at El Reno for the Lawton district toward the last of the registration period. My brother and I were unlucky, getting no number, but my father was lucky enough to draw number 22…Father had just a week to look the country over pretty well, all around within five or six miles of Lawton…”
- H.C. Kahl, Homesteader
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