Before the Founding of Lawton
Land Lottery and Auction
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Go back in time to June 6, 1900. This was the very beginning of the Oklahoma Land Lottery. The Jerome Commission met with many chiefs who were from three tribes. These three tribes had roamed the Southern Plains for many, many years. The commission met with the Kiowas, the Comanches, and the Apaches. |
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sides agreed to some terms. One part of the pact said that each member
of the three tribes would get some land. Every native over the age of 18
would get 160 acres of land to own forever. Each of the 160-acre
plots would belong to only one person. All of the rest of the land
that had once belonged to the three tribes would be opened up for settlement.
 Delegate
Dennis T. Flynn put the Land Lottery bill before Congress. Congress
passed the act on March 3, 1901. |
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