GUTHRIE

• Population:  9,925 (US 2000 census)
• The City of Guthrie passed a resolution supporting Amtrak expansion on May 20, 2008
• The City of Guthrie first requested Amtrak Service on January 8, 2004
• Depot: Privately owned in place and restored (The Old Santa Fe Depot)
• Newspaper:  Guthrie News Leader
• Logan County Seat
• Langston University 20 miles Northeast of town
• Tourism Capital of Oklahoma
• Guthrie Flyer operates September 30th - October 2nd 2005 (Click for Historic Photos)

Passenger Rail Oklahoma Statement:  Guthrie could easily be the anchor for the Heartland Flyer.  Its tourism potential already attracts over 300,000 visitors per year without passenger rail service.  Guthrie was the state capital of Oklahoma from 1907 to 1911.  When the capital moved the 40 blocks of Victorian downtown buildings lapsed into a 70 year decline.  In the 1980's a local movement created what today is a form of Heritage Tourism unique in the Southwest.