The New International Encyclopædia/Guthrie

GUTH′RIE. A city, the capital of Oklahoma, and the county-seat of Logan County, 32 miles north of Oklahoma City, on Cottonwood Creek, and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and the Oklahoma Eastern railroads (Map: Oklahoma, F 3). It was founded in 1889, when the Territory was opened for settlement, and became the capital city in 1890. Later occurred a spirited contest between Guthrie and Oklahoma City (q.v.), the rival cities both developing rapidly. Guthrie has an extensive trade in wholesale merchandise, and among its industrial establishments are cottonseed oil, planing and flouring mills, a foundry and machine-shop, and broom-works. The principal buildings include the Territorial Capitol, Scottish Rite Temple, Carnegie Library (costing $25,000), the city hall, and the Federal prison. Congress has appropriated $50,000 for a Federal building here. The government is vested in a mayor, elected biennially, and a unicameral council which confirms the mayor's appointments of members of the fire department, including the chief, and of the police force, excepting the chief, who is chosen by the people. The city owns and operates its water-works. Population, in 1890, 5,333; in 1900, 10,006.