Historic Guthrie Virtual Tour

State Seal "Stolen"


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(Editor's note: this historical marker is ... well ... let's just say it's based a little more on myth than fact :)


Transcription from historical marker: 

This building was the state capitol when the state seal was stolen from here and taken to Oklahoma City on the night of June 11, 1910, thus moving the site of the state capitol. The first University of Oklahoma was located here in 1892. It operated as such for two years.

Erected by Fogarty Jr. High Oklahoma History Classes 1954-55

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Historic Guthrie Virtual TourBy Justin Fortney