First Telephone in Indian Territory
From the Indian-Pioneer Papers
The Most Disastrous Fire in Indian Territory
Read about the day Tahlequah burned, with the fire starting in a livery stable (much like the Chicago fire). As reported in the Tahlequah Arrow, the newspaper of the day.
Fourteen Cherokee Prisoners Escape
Jail break at the National Prison in 1898! From the January 21, 1898 "Indian Sentinel."
Cherokee Declaration of Causes (October 28, 1861)
When circumstances beyond their control compel one people to sever the ties which have long existed between them and another state or confederacy, and to contract new alliances and establish new relations for the security of their rights and liberties, it is fit that they should publicly declare the reasons by which their action is justified.
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