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Tahlequah, Oklahoma

  • Cherokee Heritage Center

    Cherokee Heritage CenterThe Cherokee Heritage Center, operated by the Cherokee National Historical Society, is located three miles south of Tahlequah, on the original site of the Cherokee Female Seminary. This remote area, c...
    Cherokee Heritage Center

  • Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village

    Tsa-La-Gi Ancient VillageThe Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village has been hailed as one of America's finest living museums. It recreates the lifestyle of the Cherokees during the 16th century, prior to European contact. Realistic in de...
    Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village

  • The Cherokee National Museum

    The Cherokee National MuseumThe Cherokee National Museum is the only facility devoted to the preservation of the heritage of the Cherokee Nation, the second largest American Tribe. The 20,000 square foot building houses the ...
    The Cherokee National Museum

  • Adams Corner Rural Village

    Adams Corner Rural VillageAdams Corner Rural Village is a detailed reconstruction of a small crossroads community of 1875 - 1890, in the final years of the old Cherokee Nation. The Heritage Farm exhibits livestock commonly fou...
    Adams Corner Rural Village

  • Murrell Home

    Murrell HomeThe Murrell Home was built in the new Cherokee Nation about 1845 by George M. Murrell. Murrell was a native Virginain who married Minerva Ross in 1834. Minerva was a member of a wealthy mixed-blood Ch...
    Murrell Home

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Cherokee Supreme Court Building

This structure was built in 1845 by James S. Pierce to house the Cherokee National Supreme Court. The supreme and district court both held sessions here for some time. The "Cherokee Advocate" was also printed in this building for several years after the original Advocate building burned. About 1875

Tahlequah, OK Ethnic Heritage

The First Telephone

Here in September, 1885, the first telephone in Oklahoma was connected for service. It was the first telephone in the Mississippi Valley west of St. Louis. The company was organized by a group of Cherokees, namely, D.W. Lipe, L.B. Bell, R.M. Wolfe, J.S. Stapler, J.B. Stapler, and E.D. Hicks.

Tahlequah, OK Markers

Murrell Home

The Murrell Home was built in the new Cherokee Nation about 1845 by George M. Murrell. Murrell was a native Virginain who married Minerva Ross in 1834. Minerva was a member of a wealthy mixed-blood Cherokee/Scottish family, and the niece of Chief John Ross.

Tahlequah, OK Museums

The Cherokee Advocate

The Cherokee Advocate
Vol 1, Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Thursday, September 9, 1844

As a tribute to Oklahoma's first legal newspaper, The Cherokee Advocate, was established in 1844 in a building approximately 100' from the location (of this maker.)

Tahlequah, OK Monuments

Monument to John Ross

John Ross 1790-1866

Principal Chief of the Cherokee, 1828 - 1866

Born October 3, 1790 in Turkeytown, Alabama, the son of a one-quarter Cherokee maiden and a Scotsman, John Ross was elected as the first Principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians in 1828

Tahlequah, OK Monuments

Things to do near Tahlequah, OK

Grand Lake Migratory Fowl

Natural Falls Trails

Aside from the prestigious falls at Natrual Falls State Park, visitors and campers enjoy nearly a mile and a half of walking ...

Eufaula Lake Corps Campgrounds

There are 7 Class A campgrounds located around Eufaula Lake as well as day uses areas and primitive campsites. Belle St...

Pryor Creek Golf Course

18 holes. ...

Battle Creek Golf Club

Course Access: PublicHoles: 18Reserve Advance Tee Times: 7 days...