Guthrie, Oklahoma

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'''Guthrie''' is a city and [[county seat]] in [[Logan County, Oklahoma|Logan County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States, and a part of the [[Oklahoma City Metroplex]]. The population was 10,191 at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]], a 2.7 percent increase from the figure of 9,925 in the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]].<ref>"Census Data for Guthrie, OK.", News-Leader.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.{{cite web |url=http://data.news-leader.com/census/OK/cities/Guthrie%20city |title=Census 2010 |access-date=January 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420024955/http://data.news-leader.com/census/OK/cities/Guthrie%20city |archive-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref> First known as a railroad station stop, after the [[Land Run of 1889]], Guthrie immediately gained 10,000 new residents, who began to develop the town. It was rapidly improved and was designated as the [[Oklahoma Territory|territorial]] capital, and in 1907 as the first state capital of Oklahoma. In 1910, state voters chose the larger [[Oklahoma City]] as the new capital in a special election.

Guthrie is nationally significant for its collection of late 19th and early 20th century commercial architecture. The [[Guthrie Historic District (Guthrie, Oklahoma)|Guthrie Historic District]] includes more than 2,000 buildings and is designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]]. Historic tourism is important to the city, and its [[Victorian architecture]] provides a backdrop for Wild West and territorial-style entertainment, carriage tours, replica trolley cars, specialty shops, and art galleries.

== History ==
[[File:State Capital Company Building in Guthrie, Oklahoma (2013).jpg|thumb|Oklahoma State Capital Company Building in Guthrie]]
Guthrie was established in 1887 as a [[Old Santa Fe Depot of Guthrie|railroad station]] called Deer Creek on the Southern Kansas Railway (later acquired by the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]) running from the [[Kansas]]–[[Oklahoma]] border to [[Purcell, Oklahoma|Purcell]].<ref name="EOHC-Guthrie">[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/G/GU003.html "Guthrie." Wilson, Linda D. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516055949/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/G/GU003.html |date=2010-05-16 }} Retrieved August 10, 2014.</ref> The name was later changed to Guthrie, named for jurist John Guthrie of [[Topeka, Kansas]]. A [[post office]] was established on April 4, 1889.<ref>Shirk, George H. (1966). ''Oklahoma Place Names'', p. 94. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.</ref>

In 1889, some fifty thousand potential settlers gathered at the edges of the [[Unassigned Lands]] in hopes of staking a claim to a plot. At noon on April 22, 1889, cannons resounded at a {{convert|2000000|acre|ha km2|adj=on|lk=on}} section of [[Indian Territory]], launching president [[Benjamin Harrison]]'s "Hoss Race" or [[Land Run of 1889]]. People ran for both farmlands and towns.

During the next six hours, about 10,000 people settled in what became the capital of the new [[Territory of Oklahoma]]. Within months, Guthrie was developed as a modern brick and stone "Queen of the Prairie" with [[Water supply network|municipal water]], electricity, a [[Public transport|mass transit]] system, and underground [[parking garages]] for horses and [[carriage]]s.

Guthrie's western heritage includes the fact that, on April 13, 1898, outlaw Richard "Little Dick" West, a former member of the [[Wild Bunch|Wild Bunch gang]], was in town when approached by legendary lawmen [[Heck Thomas]] and [[Bill Tilghman]]. He refused to surrender and was killed in the resulting gunfight. He is buried in the Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie near outlaw [[Bill Doolin]].<ref name="West">{{cite web|url= https://www.legendsofamerica.com/richard-west/| title=Richard West, Oklahoma Outlaw| publisher= Legends of America| access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>

[[Hobart Johnstone Whitley]], also known as HJ and the 'Father of Hollywood,' was the first president of the Guthrie Chamber of Commerce. Whitley built the first brick block building in the territory for his National Loan & Trust Company. He was asked by the local people to be the first Governor of Oklahoma. Whitley traveled to [[Washington, D.C.]] where he persuaded the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] to allow Guthrie to be the new capital of the future state of Oklahoma. This was specified in the 1906 [[Oklahoma Enabling Act]], which established certain requirements for the new state constitution.<ref name="EOHC-Enabling">Everett, Dianna. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Enabling Act (1906)." Retrieved January 10, 2012.[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/E/EN001.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123113006/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/E/EN001.html|date=2011-11-23}}</ref> By 1907, when Guthrie became the state capital, it looked like a well-established Eastern city.

Guthrie prospered as the administrative center of the territory, but it was eclipsed in economic influence by [[Oklahoma City]] early in the 20th century. Oklahoma City had become a major junction for several railroads and had also attracted a major industry in the form of [[meat packing]]. Oklahoma City business leaders began campaigning soon after statehood to make Oklahoma City the new state capital, and in 1910 a special election was held to determine the location of the state capital. 96,488 votes were cast for Oklahoma City; 31,031 for Guthrie; and 8,382 for [[Shawnee, Oklahoma|Shawnee]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Franks |first1=Kenny Arthur |last2=Lambert |first2=Paul F. |title=Oklahoma: The Land and Its People |year=1997 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-9944-3  |page=62}}</ref> [[Governor of Oklahoma|Governor]] [[Charles N. Haskell]], who was in [[Tulsa]] on the day of the election, ordered his secretary W. B. Anthony to have [[Oklahoma Secretary of State]] Bill Cross obtain the [[Seals of the U.S. states|state seal]] and transport it to Oklahoma City, despite having been served a restraining order by Logan County Sheriff John Mahoney blocking the transfer.<ref name=Myths>{{cite web |last=Dean |first=Michael |title=Oklahoma State Capitol Moved to OKC Myths vs. Reality |url=http://www.okhistory.org/okjourneys/okcapitol.html |work=Oklahoma Journeys |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=February 7, 2012 |date=June 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119201232/http://www.okhistory.org/okjourneys/okcapitol.html |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mahoney|first=John|title=Pioneer Logan County Sheriff Dies At Guthrie|url=http://www.okolha.net/obit_mahoney_john.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sheriff Attempts to Prevent Transfer of Capital |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1910-06-13 |newspaper=New York Tribune |date=June 13, 1910 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Fact Bites">{{cite web |last=Mahoney |first=John |title=State Seal Whisked Out of Guthrie |url=http://www.factbites.com/topics/Charles-N.-Haskell |publisher=Tulsa World Centennial |access-date=2012-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407081311/http://www.factbites.com/topics/Charles-N.-Haskell |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Anthony obtained written authorization from Cross, retrieved the seal from the Logan County courthouse, and delivered it to Oklahoma City.<ref name=Myths/>

After the capital was transferred, Guthrie lost much of its government-related business and numerous residents. It began to dwindle in size and soon lost its status as Oklahoma's second-largest city, initially to [[Muskogee, Oklahoma|Muskogee]], then later to [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]]. A challenge to the new state capital was heard in the [[Oklahoma Supreme Court]]; it upheld the election and move in its ruling on February 9, 1911,<ref>{{cite court |litigants=Coyle v. Smith |vol=113 |reporter=P. |opinion=44 |court=Oklahoma Supreme Court |date=1911}}</ref> as did the United States Supreme Court in 1911.<ref>{{cite court |litigants=Coyle v. Smith |vol=221 |reporter=U.S. |opinion=559 |date=1911 |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0221_0559_ZO.html |access-date=February 7, 2012}}</ref>

The center district of Guthrie was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] by the [[National Park Service]] in 1999, in recognition of the city's importance to state history, as well as its rich architecture.

=== Culture ===
As a result of Guthrie's early loss of prominence, it has a well-preserved [[Victorian era|Victorian]] enclave.  Whereas growth and inattentive [[urban planning]] caused other Oklahoma towns such as [[Oklahoma City]] to destroy much of their early downtown architecture, much of the entire central business and residential district of Guthrie is intact.

The National Finals Steer Roping Rodeo is held in Guthrie. On six occasions, the [[Texas]] rodeo promoter [[Dan Taylor (rodeo)|Dan Taylor]] was chute director for the competition in Guthrie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsln.com/article/20101116/TSLN01/101119978|title=Dan Taylor: Former PRCA President dies at 87, November 16, 2010|publisher=Tri-State Livestock News|access-date=August 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316220358/http://www.tsln.com/article/20101116/TSLN01/101119978|archive-date=March 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Historical tourism has become a significant industry for the town.  Guthrie is the largest urban [[Historic district (United States)|Historic district]] in Oklahoma, containing 2,169 buildings, {{convert|1400|acre|ha km2|sigfig=3}} and 400 city blocks.  Guthrie is a "Certified City;" it has received a [[Community Development Block Grant]] to inventory infrastructure features for Capital Improvement Planning.

Guthrie has two lakes to the south, Liberty Lake and Guthrie Lake. Its museums include the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and hosts the [[Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival]], which draws 15,000 visitors annually. In addition, Guthrie claims to be the "Bed and Breakfast capital of Oklahoma.

Guthrie also hosts the [[Scottish Rite Temple (Guthrie, Oklahoma)|Guthrie Scottish Rite Masonic Temple]], one of the world's largest Masonic Centers,<ref name=gsr>{{cite web|url=http://www.guthriescottishrite.org/ |title=Welcome |publisher=Guthrie Scottish Rite}}</ref> which in years past has brought artists such as Henry Mancini, Lena Horne, Victor Borge, and Luciano Pavarotti to local audiences.<ref>[https://thepollard.org/history/ Pollard Theatre. "Our History" retrieved May 29, 2021.]</ref>

Guthrie has Oklahoma's oldest year-round professional theatre company, the Pollard Theatre Company.<ref>[http://www.thepollard.org The Pollard Theatre<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> With an emphasis on creative story-telling to illuminate the shared human experience, the Pollard produces six or more plays and musicals annually, enlisting artists across the United States.  The annual holiday favorite is ''A Territorial Christmas Carol.''

Guthrie is served by the ''Guthrie News-Leader'' newspaper.<ref>[http://www.GuthrieNewsLeader.net Guthrie News - Logan County's News Source, Classifieds and Business Directory since 1892<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Geography==
Guthrie lies along one of the primary corridors into [[Texas]] and Mexico, and is a four-hour drive from the [[Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area]]. The city is located in the [[Central Oklahoma|Frontier Country]] region in the center of the state. It is approximately {{convert|32|miles|km}} north of [[Oklahoma City]].<ref name="EOHC-Guthrie"/>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|19.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which 48.4&nbsp;km{{sup|2}} (18.7 m
Iti²) is land and {{convert|0.5|sqmi|km2}} is water. The total area is 2.81 percent water.

Guthrie is in the Sandstone Hills region of Oklahoma, known for hills of 250 to {{convert|400|ft|m}} and oak forests<ref>[http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ok_geography.htm Oklahoma Geography], [http://www.netstate.com NetState.com] (accessed May 16, 2013)</ref> and an ecological region known as the [[Cross Timbers]].<ref>[ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/ok/ok_front.pdf Ecoregions of Oklahoma]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (accessed May 16, 2013)</ref>

===Climate===
Guthrie has a [[humid subtropical climate]], with frequent variations in weather daily and seasonally, except during the consistently hot and humid summer months. Consistent winds, usually from the south or south-southeast during the summer, help temper the hotter weather.  Consistent northerly winds during the winter can intensify cold periods.

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 5333
|1900= 10006
|1910= 11654
|1920= 11757
|1930= 9582
|1940= 10018
|1950= 10113
|1960= 9502
|1970= 9575
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 9,925 people, 3,854 households, and 2,474 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|531.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,308 housing units at an average density of {{convert|230.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 75.84% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 15.77% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.97% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.42% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.94% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.03% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.79% of the population.

There were 3,854 households, out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,460, and the median income for a family was $38,732. Males had a median income of $27,948 versus $21,186 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,774. About 9.8% of families and 17.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.1% of those under age 18 and 18.4% of those age 65 or over.

==In Media==
===Film===
Several films have been shot in whole or in part within the city:
* Parts of ''[[Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider]]'' (1979) was filmed in Guthrie.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Triplett |first1=Gene |title='Kung Fu' star David Carradine left a mark in Oklahoma |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3375300/kung-fu-star-david-carradine-left-a-mark-in-oklahoma |access-date=March 16, 2021 |work=The Oklahoman |date=June 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name=Films>{{cite web|url= https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/movies/before-killers-of-the-flower-moon-premiere-here-are-55-other-shot-in-oklahoma-films/article_37eb0eda-ec54-11ed-84b1-035e3aff0e83.html |title=Before 'Killers of the Flower Moon' premiere, here are 55 other shot-in-Oklahoma films|publisher=Jimmie Tramel, Tulsa World, May 13, 2023|accessdate=May 15, 2023}}</ref>
* Guthrie's main street can be seen briefly in the movie ''[[Rain Man]]'' (1988) starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guthrienewsleader.net/news/new-movie-films-in-guthrie/article_b91d88ce-f0e1-5c35-a161-56a95ffbb589.html|title=New movie films in Guthrie|publisher=Guthrie News Leader |date=January 1, 2015|access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (film)|My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys]]'' (1991) was filmed in Guthrie. [[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]] played Jesse Dalton.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsok.com/article/2348706/scott-glenn-a-real-american-hero|title=Scott Glenn: A Real American "Hero'|newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]|date=February 24, 1991|access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
* ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]'' (1996), the [[Warner Bros.]] movie starring [[Bill Paxton]] and [[Helen Hunt]] used this town for the drive-in scene. In the original screenplay for this movie, it was going to be destroyed instead of [[Wakita, Oklahoma|Wakita]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsok.com/article/2512161/when-winds-come-sweeping-up-the-plain-mock-drive-in-faces-brunt-of-film-twister|title=When Winds Come Sweeping Up the Plain Mock Drive-In Faces Brunt of Film "Twister"|newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]|last=Davis|first=Sandi|date=August 25, 1999|access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Public Enemies (1996 film)|Public Enemies]]'' (1996) with Theresa Russell<ref name=Films/>
*''[[Elizabethtown (film)|Elizabethtown]]'' (2005), a [[Cameron Crowe]] film<ref name=Films/>
*''[[Fingerprints (film)|Fingerprints]]''  (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/writer-producers-fingerprints-easy-see-107028|title=Writer-producers' 'Fingerprints' easy to see March 25|last=Grove|first=Martin|publisher=hollywoodreporter.com|date=March 14, 2008|access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
* ''[[The Killer Inside Me (2010 film)|The Killer Inside Me]]'' (2010) was filmed in Guthrie starring [[Jessica Alba]], [[Kate Hudson]], and [[Casey Affleck]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsok.com/article/3367921/film-starring-jessica-alba-kate-hudson-begins-filming-in-guthrie-may-18|title=Film starring Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson begins filming in Guthrie May 18|newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]|last=Triplett|first=Gene|date=May 8, 2009|access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
* ''[[Rudderless]]'' (2014) - Directed by William H. Macy, starring Billy Crudup and Anton Yelchin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsok.com/article/5384981/william-h-macy-renews-his-love-for-movies-with-rudderless|title = William H. Macy renews his love for movies with 'Rudderless'}}</ref>
*''[[Hellraiser: Judgment]]'' (2018), from the [[Hellraiser (franchise)|Hellraiser franchise]]<ref name=Films/>
*''[[The Girl Who Believes in Miracles]]'' (2021)<ref>{{cite AV media |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Filming Guthrie - The Girl Who Believes In Miracles |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl84SGZ580I | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/wl84SGZ580I| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|access-date=March 16, 2021 |publisher=City of Guthrie Oklahoma}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*''[[Stillwater (film)|Stillwater]]'' (2021), with [[Matt Damon]]<ref name=Films/>
*''[[Reagan (2023 film)|Reagan]]'' (2023), the [[Ronald Reagan]] biography<ref name=Films/>

===Literature===
* The protagonist of the [[Adam Binder series]] of fantasy novels is originally from Guthrie, as is series author David R. Slayton.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

==Notable people==
* [[Byron Berline]], bluegrass musician
* [[John Hazelton Cotteral]], United States district and appellate judge
* [[Bill Doolin]], outlaw who founded the [[Wild Bunch]]; interred at Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie
* [[Dennis Thomas Flynn]], postmaster and delegate to the territorial convention<ref name="EOHC-Guthrie"/>
* [[Helen Holmes (b. 1915)|Helen Holmes]], journalist, historian, Women's Army Corps officer, mayor of Guthrie
* [[Jerry Hopper]], film and television director; born in Guthrie
* [[Joshua Key (soldier)|Joshua Key]], United States Army soldier who deserted to Canada due to his opposition to the [[Iraq War]]
* [[France Laux]], baseball broadcaster for [[St. Louis Cardinals]]; born in Guthrie
* [[Carrie Nation]], Prohibition advocate and publisher of ''The Hatchet''<ref name="EOHC-Guthrie"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=NA006|title=Carry Moore Nation (1846-1911)|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> 
* [[Ted Power]], former professional baseball player; born in Guthrie<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=powerte01|title = Ted Power Baseball Stats &#124; Baseball Almanac}}</ref>
* [[Peter Ramondetta]], professional skateboarder; raised in Guthrie
* [[Horace Speed]], first District Attorney for Oklahoma Territory; continued to live and practice law in Guthrie until 1913
* [[Gene Stephenson]], former [[Wichita State University]] baseball coach 
* [[Phil Stephenson]], former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player for the [[Oakland Athletics]], [[Chicago Cubs]], and [[San Diego Padres]]
* [[W.K. Stratton]], author and journalist; born and educated in Guthrie
* [[Stanley Vestal]], author of the [[American Old West]], partly reared in Guthrie
* [[Hobart Johnstone Whitley]], land developer, banker, [[Rock Island Railroad]] executive
* [[Leon Breeden]], musician, educator, Director of music at North Texas State University

==References==
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==External links==
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{{EB1911 poster|Guthrie}}
* [http://www.cityofguthrie.com/ City of Guthrie] official website
* [http://www.guthrieok.com/ Guthrie Chamber of Commerce]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120926120217/http://guthrieok.com/HISTORY.html History of Guthrie]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100516055949/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/G/GU003.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Guthrie]

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