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Near Salisaw in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
 

Sequoyah Waterfall Memorial

 
 
Sequoyah Waterfall Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth Wilson Wilcox, June 23, 2017
1. Sequoyah Waterfall Memorial
Inscription.
Honoring
Sequoyah (George Guess)
Veteran War of 1812
Marked October 1985
By
Pvt. Jacob Holley Chapter
United States Daughters of 1812


 
Erected 1985 by United States Daughters of 1812 - Private Jacob Holley Chapter.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesWar of 1812. In addition, it is included in the United States Daughters of 1812, National Society series list.
 
Location. 35° 30.832′ N, 94° 39.132′ W. Memorial is near Salisaw, Oklahoma, in Sequoyah County. It can be reached from State Highway 101 one mile north of East 1040 Road, on the right when traveling north. Located on the grounds of Sequoyah's Cabin Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Sallisaw OK 74955, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Cherokee Nation and in Northeast Oklahoma — Green Country. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Ozarks, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western
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Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hoppy Lockhart Welcome Center (approx. 6.8 miles away); The Spirit of '76 (approx. 8.6 miles away); Sallisaw High School (approx. 8.8 miles away); Cephas Washburn (approx. 11.2 miles away); Dwight Presbyterian Mission (approx. 11.2 miles away).
 
Sequoyah Waterfall Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth Wilson Wilcox, June 23, 2017
2. Sequoyah Waterfall Memorial
Sequoyah Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth Wilson Wilcox, June 23, 2017
3. Sequoyah Statue
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 30, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2019. This page has been viewed 369 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 30, 2019.
 
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Jul. 21, 2026