Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 18 · Episode 3

Tales from the Oklahoma Land Runs

S18E03·May 1, 1999·50m·BBC Two

A pistol shot at noon in 1889 signaled the start of the first race between thousands of desperate men and women to stake their claim on government land in north-western Oklahoma. Tonight's programme sifts through archival footage and meets descendants of those battling pioneers who still own the land today.

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