GUTHRIE  , the

capital of Oklahoma, U.S.A., and the county-seat of Logan county, extending on both sides of Cottonwoodcreek, and lying one mile south of the Cimarron river . Pop . (189o) 5333, (1900) ro,006, (1907) 11,652 (2871 negroes); (1910) 11,654 . It is served by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, the Fort Smith & Western, and the St Louis, El Reno & Western railways . The city is situated about 940 ft. above the sea, in a prairie region devoted largely to stock-raising and the cultivation of Indian corn, wheat, cotton and various fruits, particularly peaches . Guthrie is one of the headquarters of the Federal courts in the state, the other being Muskogee . The principal public buildings at Guthrie are the state Capitol, the Federal building, the City hall, the Carnegie library, the Methodist hospital and a large Masonic temple . Among the schools are St Joseph's Academy and a state school for the deaf and dumb . Guthrie has a considerable trade with the surrounding country and has cotton gins, a cotton compress, and foundries and machine shops; among its manufactures are cotton-seed oil, cotton goods, flour, cereals, lumber, cigars, brooms and furniture . The total value of the factory product in 1905 was $1,200,662 . The municipality owns and operates the water-works . The city was founded in 1889, when Oklahoma was opened for settlement; in 1890 it was made the capital of the Territory, and in 1907 when Oklahoma was made a state, it became the state capital .