The Cherokee Advocate owned by the Cherokee Nation was published here. It was printed in Cherokee and English. One half block west in 1848 the first Masonic Lodge was established in what is now Oklahoma. The first telephone in this country was . . . — — Map (db m259305) HM
As a tribute to Oklahoma’s First Legal Newspaper The Cherokee Advocate established Sept. 26, 1844 in a building approximately 100 feet north of this location. This marker is dedicated Sept 6. 1957 by the Oklahoma Press Association and the . . . — — Map (db m259291) HM
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
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
