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 45 Oklahoma State Highway 45 State Highway 45 (SH-45 or OK-45) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs west-to-east through Woods, Alfalfa and Garfield counties. SH-45 begins at the US-281/SH-14 junction in Waynoka. The first of SH-45 heading east out of Waynoka is concurrent with US-281. US-281 then splits off to the north. SH-45 continues east for to Carmen. SH-45 was first added to the state highway system between May 1926 and November 1927. The original routing of the highway was from Waynoka to SH-8 in Carmen. Before 1963, the section of present-day SH-45 between SH-58 and SH-132 was part