Tahlonteeskee, Oklahoma
Tahlonteeskee, Oklahoma (Cherokee variant: Tahlontuskey) was the first capital city of the early western
History
The area in which Tahlonteeskee was located was part of the 1816 Lovely's Purchase.[1] The town itself was founded in 1828, near the mouth of the Illinois River,[1] and became the capital of the Cherokee "Old Settlers" living in the Cherokee Nation–West.[1][2][3] Chief John Jolly, brother of Tahlonteeskee, posthumously named the town in his honor. The Christian Dwight Mission was re-located there with the early nineteenth century migration west of the Cherokee people.
Tahlonteeskee continued as the western
Tahlonteeskee was the oldest governmental capital in Oklahoma,[1][3] but is today a barren site on private land near Gore, Oklahoma.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Sequoyah County; Oklahoma Historical Society online; accessed April 2018
- ^ a b c d Gore, Oklahoma: Tahlonteeskee - Oldest Capital in Oklahoma; webpage; Leisure and Sports Review; accessed November 2015
- ^ a b Tahlonteeskee; photo of roadside marker [Oklahoma Historical Society]; at waymarking.com; accessed November 2015.
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