GW it bothers the hell out of me. At 55 to find out you were calling a lake you grew up on and fished and boated all its rivers and creeks, etc, etc, is to say the least disconcerning!
I am about to have to go somewhere, but I get back I am going to make some phone calls about the history of this.
Okahoma and Texas has fought over oil wells in that lake and the river. Went to the Supreme court and they traced back to old Spanish French treaties, and all the river is Oklahoma's, but then again the river changes course.
In the 20's or 30's a bridge was built accoss the river and the Ok Gov. wanted a toll bridge, the Tx Gov. wanted a free bridge. The Ok Gov. had state troops posted on the hwy where no one could pass and then had part of the hwy plowed up. I dont remember my history well enough if that was the same Ok. Gov. that had state troopers posted around the Capitol where legislatures couldnt meet and impeach him. They finally rented a hotel conference room and impeached him anyway. The watchful eye of the Fed's made sure he vacated. But it was all around the same time period the lake was built too.
