The New Student's Reference Work/Guthrie, Okla.

Guth′rie, Okla., a town (founded in 1889), is the capital of Logan County, Oklahoma, situated on the Cimarron River, and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé and 'Frisco railroads. It is the center of a fine grazing-country, which also produces grains, potatoes, broom-corn etc. Though but recently converted from the prairie, and in 1890 having a population of only 5,333, it now is a city of 11,654 inhabitants. It contains several saw, flour and planing mills, carriage and furniture factories, cotton-gins, cotton seed-oil mills and railroad repair-shops. Besides excellent public schools, it has a $50,000 county high-school, St. Joseph's Academy and the Capitol University.