Land Office - Guthrie, OK
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hamquilter
N 35° 52.679 W 097° 25.604
14S E 642018 N 3971558
The Land Office was the busiest, most important place in those early days of Guthrie.
Waymark Code: WMAC06
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2010
Views: 11
On the grounds of the U.S. Post Office in downtown Guthrie, at the southwest corner of First and W. Oklahoma Avenue is a stone marker shaped like the state of Oklahoma. It is about 3 ft. high and 3 ft. wide. The marker reads as follows:
"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 person and file a claim. This also is a site of the first post office in old Oklahoma. Erected by Fogarty Jr. High Oklahoma History Classes 1954-55".
County: Logan County
Record Address::
201 W. Oklahoma Avenue
Guthrie, OK US
73044
Rate the Site: 
Date Erected: 1954
Sponsor (Who put it there): Fogarty Jr. High OK History Classes
Web site if available: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:1 - Must visit the site in person.
2 - New Photo required.
3 - Give some new insight to the marker/site.