The Supreme Court Will Decide if North Texas Can Take Oklahoma's Water

[OKNancy]

1. Oklahoma and Texas are always fussing about something!

... and I don't mean football.

The Red River was set as the boundary between Oklahoma and Mexico ( later Texas) After statehood for Texas, this fellow named Marcy "discovered" the North Fork of the Red River, which is Greer County in present day Oklahoma. The dispute went to the Supreme Court then too.. this was in 1894. This needed to be worked out because at the same time ( 1890) there was the act that established Oklahoma Territory. The court ruled for the old boundary. So the future state of Oklahoma got what is the southwestern tip of Oklahoma.

From 1918 to 1999 there was a fuss about oil rights on the Red River.. and what the border really was. Yes, that long. The Red River Boundary Compact became federal law on August 31, 2000.