Rough Riders

Historical marker location:

East Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma

( Marker is on East Harrison Avenue east of South Division Street (U.S. 77), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1980

The state capital of Oklahoma is Oklahoma City, which was settled in 1889 during the Land Run of 1889, when settlers rushed to stake their claim on land that had previously been reserved for Native American tribes.