Chisholm Elementary stages 1889 Oklahoma Land Run re-enactment

 
BY LILLIE-BETH BRINKMAN
Published: April 29, 2009

EDMOND — Using family names like Rowdy Wranglers and Oakley Orphans and individual names like Smokin’ Joe and Lassoin’ Luke, Edmond’s Chisholm Elementary School third-graders reenacted the 1889 Oklahoma Land Run.

Following a long-time Oklahoma tradition that many area schools do each year, the Chisholm students were grouped in "families.” They pulled wagons decorated to look lik...


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