GUTHRIE

city, seat (1907) of Logan county, central Oklahoma, U.S., on the Cottonwood Creek near its junction with the Cimarron River, north of Oklahoma City. It was founded virtually overnight on April 22, 1889, with the opening of Indian lands to settlement. The gathering place for homesteaders (a station on the Santa Fe Railway), it was named for Judge John Guthrie. Incorporated in 1890, it served as the capital of the Oklahoma Territory, and the state government was maintained there until moved to Oklahoma City in 1910. In 1905 Carry Nation began her prohibition activities in Guthrie, which then abounded in saloons and gambling halls. A service centre for a surrounding oil and agricultural area, the city has light industry, including the manufacture of furniture and oil-field equipment. Guthrie's Capitol Square is the site of a Scottish Rite (Freemasonry) Temple. An annual celebration commemorates the settlers' Run of '89. Pop. (1990) 10,518.