Historical Marker Program

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Elias Boudinot

Cherokee County
Location: at Worcester Cemetery at Park Hill
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Government; Mass Communication; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Kulakenna "Buck" Watie, brother of Stand Watie, took the name of his benefactor, Elias Boudinot of New Jersey. After completing his education, Boudinot signed the Treaty of New Echota (Georgia) in 1835 that provided for the removal of the Cherokees to Indian Territory. He was clerk of the Cherokee National Council and editor of the Cherokee Phoenix before removal. After he came west, Boudinot was assassinated on June 22, 1839, near the Park Hill Mission Press where he was assisting the famous missionary Reverend Samuel Worcester.

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First Baptist Convention in Indian Territory

Cherokee County
Location: at corner of College and Downing Streets in Tahlequah. OHBC
Topics: Education; Ethnic Diversity; Religion/Philosophy

American Indian, African American, and white Baptists convened here in June 1883 to form the Missionary and Educational Convention, Oklahoma's first Baptist Convention.

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Indian Base Line

Cherokee County

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Park Hill

Cherokee County
Location: 1/2 mile east of junction of US-62 and OK-82 on south edge of Tahlequah.
Topics: American Indians; Family/Household; Social/Cultural

Before the Civil War, Park Hill was the center of culture and learning in the Cherokee Nation. See Park Hill Press.

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Riley’s Chapel

Cherokee County
Location: 1/2 mile east of junction of US-62 and OK-82 on south edge of Tahlequah.
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

In 1843, Reverend Thomas Bertholf built Riley's Chapel on a hill south of the Cherokee capital. The first annual Indian Mission Conference of the Methodist Church was held at the chapel on October 23, 1844. The building was razed in 1868.

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