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http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/itemsofinterest/centennial/cent_pdfs/cent128/W_012807_CE_1.pdf

Interesting thread. There really was a vote; it is well-documented. Three cities were on the ballot: Oklahoma City, Guthrie, and Shawnee. In order to be listed on the ballot, a city had to file appropriate paperwork. Tulsa did not choose to file the paperwork; in 1910, it was still a small "town."

The people voted, Oklahoma City was voted in with a landslide, and the seal was moved. The stories abound about the who, how, and when the deed was accomplished; each one of the stories makes for a good read or listen. :LolLolLol Yes, the case went to the Court, and the Supreme Court said a state had a right to have its capital anywhere the people wanted.

Historically, lots of people were distressed about the whole ordeal, and a study of the politics of Oklahoma at the time will reveal there were many factors at work besides just moving the capital to the "largest city in population"--but isn't it always that way with anything political?

i kinda wish that guthrie was our capitol, not oklahoma city, just for the simple fact that most other states have short names for their capitols, a shorter name rolls off the tongue better and seems to be more commercially marketable: austin, cheyenne, denver, phoenix, springfield, albany, dover, olympia, bismarck, etc.

of course, this would mean that the popular weekend drive down to dallas/ft worth would increase in overall distance for urbanites, but the drive to wichita would be so much closer.

(btw, wichita is a nice place to spend a weekend at too..but it is chiefly overshadowed by the much larger dallas/fort worth metroplex)