Timewatch

Season 18, Episode 3

Episode Title: Tales from the Oklahoma Land Runs

Air Date: 1999-05-01

Overview:

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.