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Facts about Tahlequah

Tahlequah is also known as: Cherokee County / Tahlequah city.

Tahlequah has been featured in movies like: Where the Red Fern Grows (1974).

And some of the notable people born here have been: Butch Davis (american football player and athlete), Sonny Sixkiller (american football player and sports commentator), Chaske Spencer (actor), and Shelly Hall (screenwriter and actor).

And featured attractions of Tahlequah: Cherokee National Capitol, Cherokee Female Seminary, First Cherokee Female Seminary Site, Cherokee National Jail, and Cherokee Supreme Court Building.

Tahlequah is represented by Mayor Jason Nichols.

Tahlequah (/EˆtAlE¨kwE'E/ TAL-E-kwah; Cherokee: a"aZua†)is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It was established as a capital of the 19th-century Cherokee Nation in 1839, as part of the new settlement in Indian Territory after the Cherokee Native Americans were forced west from the American Southeast on the Trail of Tears.The city's population was 15,753 at the 2010 census, an increase of 8.96 percent from 14,458 at the 2000 census. The 2014 estimated population is 16,496.It is the county seat of Cherokee County. The main campus of Northeastern State University is located in the city. Tahlequah is the capital of the two federally recognized Cherokee tribes based in Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the modern Cherokee Nation.

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