This 1940 WPA High School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now used as a community center as a memorial to Argayle Quesenbery.
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This nearly block-long mural illustrates historical events throughout Sequoyah County in a collage of 21 paintings.
Sallisaw, OK ArtsHistorical information throughout Sequoyah County.
Sallisaw, OK MuseumsSequoyah, the Cherokee soldier and teacher, gained world-wide fame when he devised the Cherokee syllabary. His statue is in the Nation's Capitol as one of Oklahoma's two greatest men. The giant redwood trees of California are named for him. The statue is located on the grounds of Sequoyah'
Sallisaw, OK ArtsFirst Presbyterian Church - 1918 Oak and Creek Streets First Baptist Church South Elm and Creek Streets
Sallisaw, OK Historic ChurchesSequoyah was born in the lower Appalachian region of Tennessee about 1770. His mother was a member of the "Paint Clan" of the Cherokee Nation and his non-Indian father, Nathaniel Gist, left the family when Sequoyah was very young. Sequoyah grew to manhood among his kinsmen, the Cherokees.
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