On South Muskogee Avenue (Business U.S. 62) at East Delaware Street, on the right when traveling north on South Muskogee Avenue.
Here in September 1885 the first telephone in Oklahoma was connected for service. It was the first telephone in the Mississippi Valley west of St. Louis. The company was organized by a group of Cherokees, namely: D. W. Lipe, L. B. Bell, R. M. . . . — — Map (db m259365) HM
On South Muskogee Avenue (Business U.S. 62) at East Delaware Street, on the right when traveling north on South Muskogee Avenue.
The first man to speak on the telephone west of the Mississippi from Ft. Gibson to Tahlequah. Replacement monument donated to the Cherokee Nation by the Stapler, Bradshaw, Morgan and Jerrems families. — — Map (db m259363) HM
On East Ash Avenue just east of Lee Street, on the left when traveling east.
The first commercial long distance telephone line in Oklahoma was placed in service here in 1886. It connected Fort Gibson with Tahlequah and Muskogee. The line was built by a company formed by a group of Cherokees, namely L.B. Bell, J.S. Stapler, . . . — — Map (db m136566) HM
