Oklahoma Enabling Act as the State's temporary capital was challenged in court after Oklahoma City, Oklahoma won the election and the capital was moved prematurely. "Coyle v. Smith" was the US Supreme Court Case that helped define the equal footing doctrine. On December 29, 1910, the state of Oklahoma enacted a statute which removed the state capital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City. W.H. Coyle, owner of large property interests in Guthrie, sued the state of Oklahoma, arguing that the move was performed in violation of the state constitution's acceptance of the terms of Congress's enabling act. The power given to Congress by Art.
Oklahoma State Highway 39 in 1968 or 1969, when SH-99 was rerouted to bypass Konawa, and SH-39 was extended east of town to end at the present junction. No changes have been made since. SH-39 once had one spur route, SH-39B. It ran along what is now May Avenue from SH-39's junction with SH-59 to SH-74B east of Cole, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Highway 39 State Highway 39, abbreviated as SH-39, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is in length. It runs east–west through the central part of the state, beginning at unincorporated Tabler, east of Chickasha, and ending east