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City of Norman / Cleveland County
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The Beginning of Cleveland County
Although the Norman townsite was settled during the Land Run of April 22, 1889, Cleveland County. In fact, if not for the efforts of Norman's early citizens and civic leaders, Norman, Noble, Lexington, and Moore would now be part of Oklahoma County.
In 1890, the Fifty-First Congress of the United States began to draft the bill which would provide for a government in the newly settled Unassigned Lands. Early on, the location of county seats was limited to six towns: Oklahoma ... county- seat historical marker land run oklahoma territory
Cleveland County Courthouse
Cleveland County Courthouse
Norman was designated as the seat of Cleveland County shortly after the Land Run of 1889. The first permanent courthouse was located in the Original Townsite of Norman at the corner of Gray Street and Ponca Avenue. This structure was destroyed by fire in 1904. A new courthouse was constructed in the 200 block of South Jones in 1906.
By the 1930's, the 1906 courthouse was not meeting the needs of the county, including the need for fire safe repository of county records. Several proposals for construction ... courthouse nrhp type:metal-sign type:on-site
Dave Blue Trading Post
Dave Blue Trading Post
Located 1 mil. S of here on the Chisholm Cattle Trail, also called Arbuckle Cattle Trail, Blue hired Cherokees and Creeks to kill wild buffalo in early 1870's and to deliver the hides to Atoke for shipment east.
cattle cowboy trail
Run of '89-S. Boundary
Canadian River was south line of "Old Oklahoma" opened by Run at 12 o'clock noon, April 22, 1889. Riders started at river crossing near here. Many thousands entered the 2,000,000 a tract north; homes were planted and tent cities sprang up before nightfall. land run
Formated for Print Report of Cleveland County
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