Exploring Oklahoma History

Logan County

Logan County was named for U. S. Senator, John A. Logan, of Illinois.

Established: 1891 ^[1]
County Seat: Guthrie, Oklahoma 73044
Area: 745 mi² (1,930 km²)
Population: 49,555 ^[2]
Region: Frontier Country
Weather: NWS Norman
Info: Wikipedia
History: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bill Doolin's Grave

Bill Doolin William "Bill" Doolin 1858 - 1896 Killed Aug. 25, 1896 near Lawson, Oklahoma Territory by Deputy United State Marshall Heck Thoma...

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Blue Bell Bar

Blue Bell Bar One of the most popular of the numerous saloons in Guthrie during Territorial times, the Blue Bell was an 1889 enterprise of John S...

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Bonfils Building

The 1890 City Directory lists 107 S. 2nd as F. C. Bonfils Real Estate with residence on 2nd floor. Son of a Missouri Judge and descendant of Napole...

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Brooks Opera House

Brooks Opera House Built in 1899 as an adjunct to the Royal Hotel, the Brooks was praised in its day as the finest theater in the Southwest. It pr...

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Carnegie Library

Built in 1902 with a grant of $25,000 from Andrew Carnegie. It housed the first tax supported library in Oklahoma. It was the site of the inaugu...

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De Ford Building

Built in 1890 by Irwin S. DeFord, self-described "money-lender" and capitalist. The DeFord Building is perhaps the gem of Joseph Foucart's architec...

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First Library in Oklahoma

First Library This is the first Carnegie Library in Okla. Frank Frantz, last Territorial Governor and Charles Haskell, First State Governor we...

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First State Capitol - Guthrie

This building was the State Capitol when the State Seal was stolen from here and taken to Okla City on the night of June 11, 1910. Thus moving the ...

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First Town Site of Marshall

Begun as crossroads store on claim of Sylvan T. Rice with first sale July 25, 1869. On March 1 1890 became Marshal I. T. Post Office Moved to new...

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Guthrie

Guthrie First Capital of Oklahoma Territory,1890-1907; State 1907-1910. First post office established April 4, 1889,Dennis T. Flynn, P.M. This ...

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Guthrie City Hall

Guthrie's building spree peaked April 9, 1902, with laying the corner-stone for its commodious City Hall, designed by Joseph Foucart in his best be...

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Guthrie Historic District

Guthrie Historic District has been designated a National Historic Landmark This District possess National significance in commemorating the his...

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Guthrie National Guard Armory

National Guard Armory Guthrie, Oklahoma Built by the Works Progress Administration May 26, 1937 Placed on the National register of Historical ...

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Guthrie-The Birthplace of Oklahoma

Guthrie The Birthplace of Oklahoma In Memory of The Early Day Settlers

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Land Office

Land Office This stone marks the site of the U.S. Land Office where each of 20,000 persons making the "Historic Run of 1889" had to appear in pers...

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Logan County Courthouse

Logan County Courthouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 1984.

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Melvin B. Tolson

Melvin B. Tolson 1898 - 1966. A Black Poet Lived Here. Poet Laureate of Liberia. Marker by Creative Writing Club.

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Oklahoma Territorial Museum

Through artifacts, photographs and paintings, the Oklahoma Territorial Museum tells the story of the determined people who laid the foundation for ...

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Post Office

Dennis T. Flynn (afterwards delegate in congress from Oklahoma) with no authority beyond a telegram from Senator Plum of Kansas saying he was to be...

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Reeves Brothers Casino

Reeves Brothers Casino One of the most notorious gambling houses of the Southwest, opened in a tent April 23, 1889. Soon a frame building went ...

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Rough Riders

Two weeks after war was declared on Spain, 85 volunteers, mostly members of the Territorial National Guard, on May 5, 1898, filled the Territory&#3...

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Roxana

1st and only oil boom town in county. Est. 1927 when No. 1 McCully gushed as 1st mile-deep well in state. By 1928, 14 wells produced 25,000 bbls...

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Roxana Ranch - Orignal Town site of Roxana

Roxana Ranch Founded 1992 Original Town Site of Roxana Roxana Oil Co. hit McCully well 29 June 1927 1st well in Oklahoma drilled over a...

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Run of '89 - North Boundary

Run Of '89 North Boundary. At the opening of "Old Oklahoma," April 22, 1889, this was the north line for the Run starting at 12 o'clock noon. Prai...

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Same Old Moses Saloon

During the 17 Territorial years, open saloons thrived in Guthrie. One of the most popular was the "Same Old Moses" operated by Moses Weinberger,...

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St. Joseph Convent and Academy

National Register Of Historic Places

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State Seal Stolen

State Seal Stolen This building was the State Capital when the State Seal was stolen from here and taken to Okla City on the night of June 11, 1...

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The Black - First Territorial Prison

The Black - First Territorial Prison aka - First Territorial Jail In 1892 Guthrie, Oklahoma was home to one of the very first Federal Prisons in ...

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U. S. Government Land Office

With the opening of the approximately two million acres of "Oklahoma Country" for homestead settlement at 12 noon Monday, April 22, 1889, thousands...

County information from Wikipedia.
Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.