From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 years ago (From the Oct. 1,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Officials with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) expect to spend a ...

-Sequoyah County Times, Sept. 29,1950 From the files ofYour Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Sept. 28,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sallisaw’s annual Grapes of Wrath Festival ...

25 Years Ago —Fires raging throughout Sequoyah County this month have threatened 181 structures and burned nearly 300 acres using up much available resources and leaving firemen “stretched pretty thin...

25 Years Ago —“ The good ol’ days are gone,” Will Limore, owner of Stevenson’s LP Gas in Sallisaw, said Monday. Propane used to be fairly cheap in the good ol’ days, about 79 cents a gallon, Limore sa...

25 Years Ago —Cherokee Nation officials hope the new food distribution center in Sallisaw will be in operation by January 2001, if construction goes as planned. Located west of Sallisaw on U.S. Highwa...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 years ago (From the Aug. 31,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The construction of the new sewer plant in Vian is planned to be completed by the...

From the files ofYour Sequoyah County Times 25 years ago (From the Aug. 20,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Presidential hopeful, Vice President Al Gore, has strong ties to the town of Gore....

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 years ago (From the Aug. 17, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —“People used to drop their dogs off in the country if they didn’t want them anym...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Aug. 6, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A fire which caused major damage to McKnight Sallisaw Inn and Jacuzzi Suites on U...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Aug. 3, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Construction of the Steve Owens Athletic Complex in Gore is still underway, Gore ...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the July 27, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A fire destroyed a liquor store in Roland Monday and authorities do not know wha...

25 Years Ago —A new pavilion, a walking trail, and a Native American art exhibit are just a few of the possibilities the Oklahoma Historical Society officials are looking at for Sequoyah’s Cabin Histo...

25 Years Ago —Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative turned on its new Liberty Substation north of Roland at 2 p.m. Thursday. Cheryl Mills, cooperative spokesman, said the new $1.9 million substation will...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the July 6, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sequoyah County officials reported a quiet, but busy, Fourth of July holiday week...

25 Years Ago —Carl Albert State College’s branch campus in Sallisaw will receive additional classrooms and the parking lot at Sequoyah ’s Home Site northeast of Sallisaw will be redone thanks to a $10...

25 Years Ago —“We’re ahead of schedule,” Muldrow Mayor Carl Fugett said. The expansion of U.S. Highway 64, also known as Shawntel Smith Boulevard in Muldrow, which has been underway for more than a ye...

25 Years Ago —Sallisaw city officials officially purchased the Professional Building in Sallisaw Wednesday, with plans to remodel the building as the new city hall. The building was purchased by the c...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the June 4, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Muldrow City Park is underway, City Manager David Taylor, said. TTie town beg...

25 Years Ago —The City of Vian is almost ready to begin construction of a new sewer plant, Scott Neel, project engineer with P. Doug Harvell & Associates in Sallisaw, said construction of the plant sh...

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...