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From the old country to Oklahoma

Some two dozen Czech “sooners” — Moravians who had first settled in Nebraska — staked claims around Yukon, Mustang and El Reno before the land run of 22 April 1889. Prague, Oklahoma followed in 1891, and Yukon still holds its Czech Festival.

See Christmas Eve in Moravia, the way it was kept back home.

Other Czech states

Sources

  1. Czechs — Oklahoma Historical Society