Ground broken Thursday Tenkiller Dam earthen fill

— Sequoyah County Times, July 25, 1947

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times

25 Years Ago

(From the July 20, 1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times)

–Talks to end the Cherokee Nation crisis will possibly resume next week as Chief Joe Byrd will once again meet with U.S. Attorney John Raley in search of resolutions to end the five-month-old tribal crisis.

The tribe has been in turmoil since Feb. 25 when Cherokee Nation marshals, headed by their director Pat Ragsdale, raided Byrd‚s headquarters in search of evidence of alleged misuse of funds.

Byrd fired the marshal service and eight members of the council impeached the tribe‚s three justices who supported the marshals in court rulings.

The marshals and the justices contend the firing and the impeachment were illegal under tribal laws.

Byrd, Raley and two assistant U.S. attorneys and two members of the chief‚s staff participated in Thursday‚s closed-door session at the U.S. Attorney‚s office.

50 Years Ago

(From the July, 1972, issue of the Sequoyah County Times)

—Files for this time period cannot be read.

75 Years Ago

(From the July 25, 1947, issue of the Sequoyah County Times)

—According to Assistant Resident Engineer for the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers, Charles Boyd, the first dirt to be moved in the construction of Tenkiller Dam, Sequoyah County‚s 22 million dollar flood control project took place Thursday. Logan Construction Company, general contractors on the dam, started three giant 36 yard “turnapules” stripping the embankment area in order to prepare the dam‚s foundation for the earthen fill.

The dam site has all been cleared as well as the right-of-way for the road to the dam. Boyd said that actual construction on the road should be started next week.

—Considerable grumbling, not because of the delightful weather, was heard among the women folks who felt that they wasted a lot of time and money by having to dig up their “moth balled” blankets to keep the family warm. Anyway the blankets have been given another good work-out and the weather bureau promises a few more days with “cover-pulling nights.”

The weather bureau attributed the unusually low temperatures to lingering effects of the high pressure area centering over the Great Lakes region. But warm air off the Gulf stream will pour in gradually, bringing a return of normal July weather, he said.

—Work was started this morning by the Drake Construction Co. of Muskogee on black topping the streets of Sallisaw.

Any one who has not been contacted and wishes to have their street black topped should see the Chamber of Commerce secretary, in Henry Burrows offices or Fred Johnston in the City Hall.

100 years ago

(From the July 21, 1922, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat)

—Sallisaw Bakery has been established by T.B. Nolan of Tulsa in the Ferguson building, on corners of Elm and Choctaw avenues. Mr. Nolan comes to Sallisaw an experienced baker, having been connected with some of the largest baking concerns in Tulsa and Muskogee. He has a complete outfit, to do first class baking and with a bakery in our city—the people should patronize this concern. He asks you for a trial and guarantees satisfaction. He will bake bread better than the kind that is now imported into Sallisaw to be sold at fancy prices.