TLDR: Private toll bridge over the Red River got competition by a free bridge built by Texas and Oklahoma, private bridge owner won court case against Texas and got the free bridge blocked until legal hullabaloo get sorted. But Oklahoma disagree and want the free bridge open, Texas put barricade and send 3 texas ranger to keep it close but Oklahoma declare emergency and send National Guard to clear barricade and keep it open.
Legalese shenanigan fixed, free bridge legally opened 2 months later.
Acrobatic-List-6503 on
Was Walker among the Rangers?
Intelligent-Soup-836 on
Obligatory Fuck the Texas Rangers and their history of being a racial death squad. Rare time I’ll celebrate an Oklahoma W.
FanaticalBuckeye on
Fuck the TV networks for always calling the college football game between Texas and Oklahoma the “Red River Rivalry”
It’s the Red River Shootout
StinkyNutzMcgee on
Oklahoma hasn’t had very many wins over Texas since so they’ll take what they can get
TheOtherWhiteCastle on
The wildest passage from the Wikipedia article on this event:
>News of the dispute made national and international headlines. Adolf Hitler may have believed that the events were evidence of infighting between the American states, weakening the union.
Flame_Job on
Reminds me of the dam war between Arizona and California (which we lost in the worst way possible)
Busy-Preparation8165 on
I’m glad they had a laugh about this after
Chumlee1917 on
“Hey, wanna come have a fight over a bridge?”
“Naw.”
“It’s against Texas.”
*YEE HAW MODE ACTIVATED*
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[Red River Bridge War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Bridge_War)
TLDR: Private toll bridge over the Red River got competition by a free bridge built by Texas and Oklahoma, private bridge owner won court case against Texas and got the free bridge blocked until legal hullabaloo get sorted. But Oklahoma disagree and want the free bridge open, Texas put barricade and send 3 texas ranger to keep it close but Oklahoma declare emergency and send National Guard to clear barricade and keep it open.
Legalese shenanigan fixed, free bridge legally opened 2 months later.
Was Walker among the Rangers?
Obligatory Fuck the Texas Rangers and their history of being a racial death squad. Rare time I’ll celebrate an Oklahoma W.
Fuck the TV networks for always calling the college football game between Texas and Oklahoma the “Red River Rivalry”
It’s the Red River Shootout
Oklahoma hasn’t had very many wins over Texas since so they’ll take what they can get
The wildest passage from the Wikipedia article on this event:
>News of the dispute made national and international headlines. Adolf Hitler may have believed that the events were evidence of infighting between the American states, weakening the union.
Reminds me of the dam war between Arizona and California (which we lost in the worst way possible)
I’m glad they had a laugh about this after
“Hey, wanna come have a fight over a bridge?”
“Naw.”
“It’s against Texas.”
*YEE HAW MODE ACTIVATED*