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TIL that in 1931, after Texas Rangers barricaded a bridge spanning the TX-OK border, Oklahoma Gov. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray appeared at the site armed with a revolver, backed by the Okla. National Guard, to reopen the bridge. The bloodless “Red River Bridge War” even got the attention of Adolf Hitler.

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