- City:
- Sallisaw, OK
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Education and Health, Infrastructure and Utilities, Museums, Monuments and Memorials, Water Supply, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- Karl Lang
Description
The New York Times reported in 1937: “Tourists have begun to visit the memorial in Sequoyah County, Okla., built by WPA under the sponsorship of the Oklahoma Historical Society … The stone building erected by WPA encloses the log cabin in which Sequoyah lived 100 years ago, and a new road laid by WPA makes the memorial accessible to motorists.”
The cornerstone for the project was laid on June 12, 1936. The WPA also constructed a stone wall and the base to a water tower at the site.
Source notes
The New York Times: "MEMORIAL HONORS A CHEROKEE," Dec. 5, 1937 (pg. 233)
The Democrat-American from Sallisaw, Oklahoma, June 11, 1936 (pg. 9)
https://www.okhistory.org/sites/sequoyahcabin
https://www.okhistory.org/shpo/wpa/wpa3sequoyah.pdf
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 2, 2018.
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