Robert Latham Owen – Park Hill, OK
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N 35° 52.014 W 094° 57.358
15S E 323406 N 3970952
Located in a Cherokee hall of fame plaza in front of the Cherokee Heritage Center.
Waymark Code: WMP9JY
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2015
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The plaza in front of the Cherokee Heritage Plaza has on display several bronze sculptures and monument to well-known and influential Cherokee leaders.
This is a marble cube approximately forty inches on a side, which is engraved on all four sides. The sides read:
“In memory of the Honorable ROBERT LATHAM OWEN (Cherokee name) / Cherokee Roll No. 13433 / Lawyer ~ Statesman ~ Financier / United States Senator / Erected by the Federal Reserve System and the Cherokee Nation / February 1971”
“Agent, Union Indian Agency, Muskogee / 1885 – 1889 / Founder, First Bank in Oklahoma 1890: / Ably served Oklahoma and the Nation in the United States Senate from Dec 11, 1907 to March 3, 1925 / Died Washington, D.C. July 19, 1947”
“Co-Author / The Federal Reserve Act / Approved Dec. 23, 1913 / “The whole country owes you a debt of gratitude and admiration” / Woodrow Wilson/President of the United States”
“Born Lynchburg, VA Feb. 3, 1856 / Honor graduate, Washington and Lee Univ., M.A. L.L.D; Phil Beta Kappa; Teacher, Cherokee Orphan Asylum”
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center - plaza
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