Oklahoma State Capitol capital to Oklahoma City. On June 11, 1910, the state seal was taken from Guthrie and moved south to Oklahoma City, where the Oklahoma State Capitol is located today. Lee Cruce, the second Governor of Oklahoma, commissioned the architectural construction of the present day structure. Prior to its construction, state government offices were housed in the Huckins Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. Construction on the Oklahoma State Capitol began after a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, 1914. Architects Soloman Andrew Layton and S. Wemyss-Smith were paid $75,000 to develop the architectural plans, while James Stewart & Company received the construction
Oklahoma State Highway 55 Oklahoma State Highway 55 State Highway 55 is a state highway in western Oklahoma. It runs for from Carter, Oklahoma to the unincorporated community of Lake Valley. It has no lettered spur routes. SH-55 begins at State Highway 34 in Carter, in eastern Beckham Co.. It heads east for six miles (10 km), where it meets State Highway 6 and overlaps it to the south. After running along the Beckham/Washita Co. line, it splits off to the east near Retrop. It then meets State Highway 44 in Sentinel. Seven miles later it meets US-183 in Rocky. It then terminates at