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Lake Tenkiller, created by damming the Illinois River beginning in 1947 with completion in 1953, has attracted tourists and fishermen to this once sparsely settled area. Seventy miles of the river between Lake Tenkiller and the Arkansas border, flowing through the Cookson Hills , have been supervised by the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission ...
It empties into the main branch of the Illinois River near the community of Welling, Oklahoma, just upstream of Lake Tenkiller. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The stream drains an area of 1,660 square miles (4,300 km 2 ) in the two states and is said to be the largest contributor to Oklahoma's Lake Tenkiller . [ 7 ]
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Illinois River and Lake Tenkiller tourism are perhaps of greater economic impact than agriculture, and both have lodging, water sports and recreation outfitters, fishing equipment and guides, eating and drinking establishments, campgrounds, festival events, and organizations for the conservation of resources.
September 5, 2006 (415 N. College Ave. Tahlequah: 10: French-Parks House: French-Parks House: March 18, 1985 (209 W. Keetoowah St. Tahlequah: 11: Illinois Campground
The Hunter's Home, formerly known as the George M. Murrell Home, is a historic house museum at 19479 E Murrel Rd in Park Hill, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma in the Cherokee Nation. Built in 1845, it is one of the few buildings to survive in Cherokee lands from the antebellum period between the Trail of Tears relocation of the Cherokee people and the ...
The Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Illinois River in Mason County northeast of Havana, Illinois. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as one of the four Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges. The refuge consists of 4,388 acres (17.76 km 2) of Illinois River bottomland, nearly all of it wetland.
The Cooksons are drained by tributaries of the Illinois River (Arkansas). They are heavily wooded, predominantly oak, with patches of black walnut and hickory trees. [1] The J. T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve is located in the Cookson Hills. It is the largest nature preserve in the region.