A gif showing how US population density has changed over the years

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[–]Jesus 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Oklahoma was interesting. Was it an Indiana conservation in the 19th century? The population seemed to grow all around it and then it just took off.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah it was one of the last states. They had this thing called the "land run" where they literally gave away land for free, you just had to stake it first. And the people who started staking stuff the day before they were officially supposed to were called "Sooners" and that's why OU is called the Sooners