Tourist courts were early versions of roadside motels, and Sallisaw had one of its own. It is unknown if Glover’s Tourist Court was interesting to the larger area, or if it was because it was a local ...

The Sequoyah County Historical Society will meet at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 18, at its museum, located at 200 E. Creek in Sallisaw. Earl Strebeck will present a pictorial program about the “Old House...

--Sequoyah County Tinm, Aug. 12, 1949 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Aug. 5,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw will ...

Last week, Your TIMES received a postcard in the mail from the 1940s, which showed little buildings with the words “Glover’s Tourist Court on Hwy. 64-59 West, Sallisaw, Okla.” With the postcard, an om...

25 Years Ago (From the Aug. 5, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Vian will spend about the next week assigning addresses to residences and lots in Vian, Albert Marquez, Sequoyah County 911 co...

— Sequoyah County Times, July 29, 1999 25 Years Ago —The Oklahoma State School Board of Education voted unanimously at a special meeting Tuesday to deny Gum Springs School accreditation, Sandy Garrett...

-Sequoyah County Times; July 22, 1949 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the July 8,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The water level at Lake Tenkiller is droppin...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the July 8, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Therma Tru, an insulated door and window manufacturing company currently located ...

— Sequoyah County Times, July 8, 1999 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the July 8, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Sequoyah County Board of Commissioners ...

— Sequoyah County Times, July 1, 1949 25 Years Ago —The Sequoyah County 911 board received a $50,000 grant from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to purchase equipment on June 21, Albert Marquez, 91...

— Sequoyah County Times, June 20, 1999 25 Years Ago —What was old in Marble City is new again with the reopening of a marble quarry. Marble City Stone Inc. is open and operating again after about 85 y...

This Week in County History — Sequoyah County Times, June 17, 1949 25 Years Ago —The first phase of the proposed Cherokee Nation port on the north side of Kerr Lake will cost about $9.9 million and co...

— Sequoyah County Times, June 8, 1974 25 Years Ago —Sallisaw’s monthly rubbish pickup was trashed again when the Sallisaw City Board of Commissioners met for their budget retreat in May. The commissio...

— Sequoyah County Democrat, June 3, 1949 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the May 30, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Residents of Sequoyah County shouldn’t w...

25 Years Ago —The identity of a man killed while laying on railroad tracks east of Gore was still under investigation Friday morning. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) reported the man was lying on th...

25 Years Ago   — Sequoyah County Times, May 16, 1999 —Roland officials held a ribbon cutting and dedication at their new water plant Friday, thereby cutting the city loose from being dependent on othe...

The Sequoyah County Historical Society will meet on May 19 at its museum, located at 200 E. Creek in Sallisaw. Harold Trisler will discuss the mysteries surrounding the life and death of U.S. Deputy M...

— Sequoyah County Democrat, May 9, 1924 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the May 9, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A tornado which swept through Sequoyah Cou...

—Sequoyah County Times, May 2, 1974 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the May 6, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —When Mother Nature tossed tornadoes at Oklahom...

— Sequoyah County Democrat, April 25, 1924 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the April 29, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Bill Hedge of Sallisaw is still The ...