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In 1848, new territory was opened to homesteading. But some people jumped the gun and got there first, before the official start time.
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The first of these "sooners", Joe Oklahomacity, built a capital, and named it after himself. Other early arrivals had cities named after them:
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Luther Tulsa, John Muskogee, Harold Lawton, David Guymon, Enid Norman, Norman Enid, Jay Brokenbow, ...
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