International Building

Historical marker location:

West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of West Harrison Avenue and South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west on West Harrison Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1980

This building housed numerous retail establishments when it was erected in 1890. Barber F.E. Knowlton developed his famous Danderine Hair Tonic here. The building was razed in the 1960s.

Oklahoma is known as the "Sooner State" because of the land runs that occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "Sooners" were people who snuck into the unassigned lands of the Oklahoma Territory before the official opening of the land runs. The term "Sooner" eventually became a nickname for people from Oklahoma.