Tahlequah Historical Highlights - Cherokees - Tahlequah, OK - Oklahoma Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The City of Tahlequah has erected several historical markers entitled "Tahlequah Historical Highlights". This marker highlights the Cherokees. It is a bronze plaque mounted on a slanted pedestal in Floyd H. Norris Park. It reads:

Tahlequah Historicl Highlights Cherokees Folklore suggests the name "Tahlequah" was derived from a Cherokee phrase "Tah-Ah-Le-Quah", "Two are enough" or "This will do". The story refers to the presence of only two agents instead of the intended three who were selected to meet and choose a permanent capital site for the Cherokee within the region known as Indian Territory following the forced removal from ancestral lands in the southeastern United States. Among the earliest towns established in the territory, Tahlequah was designated by the Cherokees as a 160 acre township in 1843. Upon statehood in 1907, the town became the county seat of Cherokee County.

County: Cherokee Record Address:: Floyd H. Norris Park N. Muskogee Avenue Tahlequah, OK US 74464 Rate the Site: Date Erected: 2009 Sponsor (Who put it there): City of Tahlequah Web site if available: Not listed

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