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
This sandstone building was erected in 1874 and originally had three stories. The third story was removed in 1925
Tahlequah, OK Historic Buildings
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
Erected in 1913 by the Colonial William Penn Adair Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
Tahlequah, OK MemorialsWoolaroc Museum with Western art, artifacts and cultural history, wildlife preserve including buffalo, Frank Phillips Lodge h...