What was unusual about the government of Oklahoma City from its founding on April 22, 1889 to May 2, 1890?

From April 22, 1889, to May 2, 1890, the towns and communities in the Unassigned Lands existed under provisional government because the federal government had not foreseen the need to establish laws to govern the new territory. ... In 1890 William J. Gault became the first nonprovisional mayor.

Explanation:

a historian researching the immigration policies of the early 1900s would expect a source written today,rather than in 1910 to :

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