89'er Days

At high noon on April 22, 1889, the first of 5 land runs began that opened the Oklahoma Indian Territory to the settlement of unassigned lands to white settlers. Some 50,000 people lined up upon the banks of the Canadian River which now is the small town of Lexington, Oklahoma. Yesterday the Town of Lexington celebrated this event with their annual 89'er Day Festival. It's been years since I last attended the 89'er Days so Barb and I took our 2 granddaughters Kristella and McKenzie to share in the festivities. The city closed off some of the streets and they had carnival rides and bands and street dancing. There were carnival food vendors, an auto and bike show, a parade, and gun fight reenactments in front of the bank. While there we hooked up with friends that we hadn't seen for awhile.


Afterwards we took a trip to Bricktown in Oklahoma City to see a movie and a walk along the Riverwalk. To end the day we had a Vietnamese dinner at The Lido Restaurant in the Pasio district of Oklahoma City.