April 22, 1889 -- The Unassigned Lands are opened to white settlement.
1893 -- The Federal Government begins negotiations to to allot lands to individual Native Americans.
May 18, 1896 -- A post office opens in Summit, an all-black town, six miles southeast of Muskogee.
1897 -- John Robert Thomas was appointed Federal Judge at large for Indian Territory.
1897 -- Dr. Leo E. Bennett is appointed the U.S. Marshall for Indian Territory.
1897 -- The "Board of Trade" was established to address Muskogee's problems.
June 28, 1898 -- The passage of the Curtis Act Assures the end of Indian Territory
in favor of the allotment of lands.
at a cleaning plant on the east side of Second Street.
March 28, 1902 -- An all-black settlement eight miles west of Muskogee establishes
a post office. Named orginally for W. H. Twine, the town changes its name to Taft
in 1904.
June 17, 1902 -- The small town of Sawokla got a post office. The town grew until
1904 when oil was discovered. The town was moved and renamed Haskell, after rail-
road promoter Charles N. Haskell.
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