(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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

25 Years Ago (From the Jan. 13,2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Just in the nick of time, Sequoyah County voters approved a half-cent sales tax Tuesday to build and maintain a county jail. “...