Cherokee Square Monuments

Several monuments of interest have been erected on Cherokee Square surrounding the Capitol Building.

* Monument to General Stand Watie the only full-blood Indian Brigadier General in the Confederate Army.

* Monument to John Ross: Principal Chief of the Cherokee, 1828 - 1866

* Miniature Statue of Liberty Erected in 1950 by the Boy Scouts of America during their 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arm of Liberty.

* Veterans Monument: Installed by the Disabled American Veterans and dedicated to all war veterans.

* Memorial to the Confederate Dead: Erected in 1913 by the Colonial William Penn Adair Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

* The Cherokee Advocate: First legal newspaper in Oklahoma, established September 26, 1884.

* First Telephone in Oklahoma and the first telephone in the Mississippi Valley west of St. Louis, 1885.

Tsa-La-Gi Outdoor Theater

Also located on the grounds of the Cherokee Heritage Center is the Tsa-La-Gi Theater, a 1,200

Tahlequah, OK Theatres

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.

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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

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

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

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Tsa-La-Gi Outdoor Theater

The First Telephone

Murrell Home

Monument to John Ross

Cherokee Supreme Court Building

Things to do Monuments near Tahlequah, OK

Boy Scout Monument

Historic Rough Rider Monument

Historic Monuments at Babtist Mission

Monument to General Stand Watie

Civil War Monument