Also located on the grounds of the Cherokee Heritage Center is the Tsa-La-Gi Theater, a 1,200 seat outdoor amphitheater, nestled on a hillside where special programs are held, including the Trail of Tears drama, a must see evening of intense drama, pageantry, and dance, wherein unfolds the bittersweet story of the Cherokee, torn from his ancestral home in the Eastern highlands and forced to begin life anew in the strange and foreboding wilderness that would one day become the state of Oklahoma.
This sandstone building was erected in 1874 and originally had three stories. The third story was removed in 1925
Tahlequah, OK Historic BuildingsHere 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 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 HeritageErected in 1913 by the Colonial William Penn Adair Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
Tahlequah, OK MemorialsThe 5.4 mile trail, located near Sallisaw and the Robert S. Kerr Dam and Recreation Area, presents a challenge to hikers with...
Approximately 8,900 acres of project lands have been made available to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation for w...
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