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Creek Council Oak

Tulsa County
Location: southwest corner of West 15th Street and South Cheyenne Avenue in Tulsa
Coordinates: 36.140502, -95.989655
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Tulsa County Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Government; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

4 blocks south on the north side of 18th St. stands a great oak, focal point of the old Creek Ceremonial Grounds. Here, overlooking the Arkansas, in 1828, the Indians deposited ashes from their Alabama ancestral home, kindled a fire to begin anew in the west, thus founding present-day Tulsa.

Note: This marker no longer exists.


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