Sequoyah's Cabin - Oklahoma

Sequoyah and Salt
Among the artifacts preserved on
the ground's of Sequoyah's
Cabin is his original salt kettle.
Salt was a vital ingredient of life
during the 19th century.
Sequoyah helped fill this need by
operating a saltworks at a
natural salt spring a few miles
east of his cabin.

Even before the U.S. Government
forced the vast majority of the
Cherokee people to walk the "Train
of Tears" from their homelands in
North Carolina, Tennessee,
Georgia and Alabama, some
members of the tribe realized the
inevitable and migrated to new
homes west of the Mississippi.

Among these was the noted
Cherokee intellectual, Sequoyah.
Inventor of the Cherokee alphabet
and one-time publisher and editor
of the nation's newspaper,
Sequoyah settled on a peaceful
farmstead in eastern Oklahoma
where he lived for several years
until his untimely death while on a
journey of exploration to Texas.

Today, Sequoyah's original cabin
is preserved in a stone memorial
building. The surrounding park
area, once his original homestead,
tells the story of this unique and
significant individual.

Now maintained by the Oklahoma
Historical Society, Sequoyah's
Cabin is located three miles north
and seven miles east of Sallisaw,
Oklahoma on State Highway 101.
The park is open Tuesday through
Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m. There is no admission
charge, but donations are
encouraged.