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1901 Map of Tahlequah

Name: 1901 Topographic Map of Tahlequah
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1901
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1901

About this map

Tahlequah serves as the focal point of this late-nineteenth-century landscape, a period when the area was still part of the Indian Territory before Oklahoma statehood. The map documents significant institutional landmarks of the Cherokee Nation, including the Female Seminary and the Cherokee Insane Asylum near Parkhill. To the south, the Elm Springs Mission sits near the winding course of the Illinois River, which dominates the western half of the quadrangle.

Transport and commerce are defined by the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf R. R., which connects settlements like Westville, Stilwell, and Bunch along the eastern corridor. The terrain rises sharply into the Brushy Mountains to the south, while numerous family-named peaks like Alberty Mt. and Welch Mtn. punctuate the ridges. Small rural hubs such as Wauhillau and Salem Springs appear as they did during the final years of the territorial era.