Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
— Sequoyah County Times, May 26, 1950
May 22, 2025
25 Years Ago —Medicare and Medicaid payments to Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw are about $700,000 in arrears, but Hospital Administrator Ruth Ann Roark believes the payments will be made. “Thi...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
By 25 Years Ago
May 14, 2025
(From the May 7,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) 25 Years Ago -Louisiana-based Francis Drilling Fluids on Thursday announced the opening of a facility in Sallisaw that will provide the area w...
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May 13, 2025
A presentation on the first surveyed road built in Oklahoma that went through the length of Sequoyah County will be given at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Sequoyah County Historical Museum, 200 E. Creek Avenue...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
— Sequoyah County Times, May 8, 1975
May 8, 2025
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the May 7, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Wal-Mart representatives will be at the Sallisaw city commission Monday to present...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
-Sequoyah County Democrat, May 1, 1925
May 1, 2025
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the April 30,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) — A land donation to the Sequoyah’s Home site, 11 miles northeast of Sallisaw, ma...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
April 24, 2025
25 Years Ago (From the April 27,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The best-selling novel “Where the Heart Is” by Billie Letts, is making its way to movie screens across America. The novel is ...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
— Sequoyah County Times, April 21, 1950
By 25 Years Ago (From the April 20, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times)
April 17, 2025
25 Years Ago —Webbers Falls Fire Chief Larry Chappell said five fire departments helped extinguish a garage fire, which endangered three nearby homes, Friday afternoon in Webbers Falls. Chappell said ...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
— Sequoyah County Times, April 9, 1975
April 10, 2025
25 Years Ago —The Sequoyah County Criminal Justice Authority is leaning toward hiring a general contractor to direct and oversee the building of the new Sequoyah County Jail. During the authority’s me...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
— Sequoyah County Democrat, April 3, 1925
April 3, 2025
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the April 2, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —After 40 long years of cutting and buzzing hair, Padgett’s Barbershop in Sallisa...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
— Sequoyah County Times, March 30, 2000
March 27, 2025
25 Years Ago —Work began on the nuts and bolts of designing a new county jail when the Sequoyah County Criminal Justice Authority met Monday in the county commission office. After a lengthy discussion...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
— Sequoyah County Times, March 23, 2000
March 20, 2025
25 Years Ago —The Sequoyah County Criminal Justice Authority, a trust, was established Monday by county commissioners to oversee the funding for and construction of the new Sequoyah County Jail. The a...
Sequoyah County history
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— Sequoyah County Democrat, March 13, 1925
March 13, 2025
25 Years Ago —Gov. Frank Keating informed the Choctaw Nation Tuesday of the state’s intent to terminate and attempt to renegotiate the existing tribal-state compact with the Choctaws for off-track bet...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
— Sequoyah County Democrat, Feb. 27, 1925
February 27, 2025
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Feb. 27, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Wondering what’s going on south of Sallisaw on U.S. Highway 59? Cap-Rock Communi...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
February 20, 2025
-Sequoyah County Times, Feb. 20,1925 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Feb. 20,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Cherokee Nation is heading the effort by...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
—Sequoyah County Times, Feb. 13, 1975
February 13, 2025
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Feb. 13, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The new manufacturing facility, Therma Tru, manufacturer of steel and fiber-glas...
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By SUBMITTED BY EARL STREBECK
February 11, 2025
The Sequoyah County Historical Society will meet at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Society’s museum, located at 200 E. Creek in Sallisaw. The program will be “Show and Tell.” "Each year at our firs...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
—S equoyah County Times, Feb. 10, 1950
February 6, 2025
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Feb. 6, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Sallisaw Police Department is the proud owner of a new computer system and pr...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
—Sequoyah County Democrat, Jan. 30, 1925
January 30, 2025
25 Years Ago —Blue Ribbon Downs kicks off this year’s 118-day race meet Saturday with high hopes and one main goal, Don Essary, the Sallisaw racetrack’s general manager, said Tuesday. “Our goal is to ...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
-Sequoyah County Democrat, Jan 29, 1925
January 23, 2025
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Jan. 23,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) — A group of Cherokee citizens are circulating a referendum petition requesting th...
Sequoyah County history
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY
—Sequoyah County Democrat, Jan. 16, 1925
January 16, 2025
25 Years Ago —For two years Gore school officials have been looking forward to the groundbreaking for the new junior high school. Superintendent Dr. Ross Nixon said the building’s construction was del...