Proudly Protecting Oklahoma: The 75th Anniversary of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol book Most of all

Most of all

Bob believed that Oklahoma’s greatest natural asset was water

Another was poisoned

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the end of the Cold War

Proudly Protecting Oklahoma: The 75th Anniversary of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol book Most of allThe need for a state police force in Oklahoma became evident in the 1930s as the popularity of the automobile and the lack of paved roads caused a spike in traffic injuries and fatalities. In addition to traffic control, a statewide police force was necessary to nab criminals who used high speed get a way cars to travel across county lines where the local sheriff had to halt his pursuit. Governor E. W. Marland convinced the state legislature to create