Saline Preservation Association works to save historic courthouse
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newspaperArticle
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Saline Preservation Association works to save historic courthouse
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Cherokee Phoenix
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Abstract
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"We had a great meeting today. Approximately 65 plus (people) were in attendance," said SPA President Lisa Melchior. "(Former Cherokee Nation treasurer) Jay Hannah did a wonderful job speaking, as well as Heather Seifert, executive director of Preservation Oklahoma." Those in attendance at the meeting agreed to establish a membership drive. Some of the ideas collected from the community during the meeting, Melchior said, are to preserve the courthouse as it stands today, build an interpretive center and a nature trail and use the courthouse for weddings/reunions. Another idea suggested was to build a store that would include a bookshop. The Saline Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The NRHP lists the courthouse's period of significance between 1875-1899 saying the building is "a handsome reminder of the well-organized and quite effective judicial system brought by the Cherokees from their homeland in the southeast and re-established in Indian Territory."
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Date
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30 April 2004
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pages
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11
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I9U4AJ63