GUTHRIE

guthrie, the capital of oklahoma, u.s.a., and the county-seat of logan county, extending on both sides of cottonwood creek, and lying one mile south of the cimarron river. pop. (1890) 5333, (1900) 10,006, (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 waterworks. 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. guthrum (godrum) (d. 890), king of east anglia, first appears in the _english annals_ in the year 875, when he is mentioned as one of three danish kings who went with the host to cambridge. he was probably engaged in the campaigns of the next three years, and after alfred's victory at edington in 878, guthrum met the king at aller in somersetshire and was baptized there under the name of aethelstan. he stayed there for twelve days and was greatly honoured by his godfather alfred. in 890 guthrum-aethelstan died: he is then spoken of as "se nor[pd]erna cyning" (probably) "the norwegian king," referring to the ultimate origin of his family, and we are told that he was the first (scandinavian) to settle east anglia. guthrum is perhaps to be identified with gormr (= guthrum) hinn heimski or hinn riki of the scandinavian sagas, the foster-father of hor[pd]aknutr, the father of gorm the old. there is a treaty known as the peace of alfred and guthrum.