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Catale - pronounced "Cat-a-lee" -- is a corruption of the Cherokee word "Cat-al-la-yah" meaning a valley.  Catalayah avenue in Claremore comes from the same source and has the same meaning.  Very appropriate in each case.- From the History of Rogers County

Catoosa - "Ka-to-see", "Gha-too-see" or "Kah-to-see" being the only word which the Cherokee Indian has to convey the idea of "a hill".  Ca-to-sa then means a hill.  It has been said an official of the Frisco, asked a full-blood named Dick Duck, "What is the name of that hill?" Mr. Duck replied in his broken English, "Injun 'im Ka-too-sie".- From the History of Rogers County

Claremore was formed September 19, 1882, after the Frisco Railroad came through.- From the History of Rogers County

Inola - The word is "E-no-lah", a Cherokee word meaning Black Fox, that being a common name among members of the Cherokee tribe.  A long time ago, a Cherokee named Black Fox, or E-no-lah in the native language, wandered away from his home on Spring Creek and established a camp near a spring about half way to the top of a commanding prairie hill in the Creek nation.  This hill was thereafter characterized as "E-no-lah's hill" -- and later merely E-no-lah hill for that reason and when the Missouri-Pacific railroad was built the General Attorney requested William P. Ross, a scholarly Cherokee statesman, to suggest appropriate names for the various stations. The one near this hill he named "I-no-la" ("I" sounded like "E").  He suggested the names of Oologah and Talala also.- From the History of Rogers County

Oolagah - When the Cherokee came west they had a band of warriors under the command of a short, heavy set fellow whom they called "Tah-chee", meaning Dutch.  This band defeated the Osages at Claremore mound and drove them out of the country.  One of Tahchee's warriors was named  -- in his native language -- "oo-lo-gah".  That is where the town of Oo-lo-gah got its name.- From the History of Rogers County

Oowala - "Oo-wa-la" is the Cherokee name for a food prepared from the livers and lights (lungs) of a hog with other ingredients, principally pepper, and then conferred upon a white man named Lipe.  When told that the white man's name was "Lipe" an old Indian thinking they said "lights" associated it with his favorite dish and said "Oo-wa-la" when spoken in the native language. - From the History of Rogers County

Sageeyah - "Sa-gee-yah" is named in honor of Sageeyah (or Soggy) Sanders a well known Cherokee Senator form the Saline District.- From the History of Rogers County

Sequoyah - named in honor of "Se-quo-yah" the man who invented the Cherokee alphabet and reduced the language to writing.- From the History of Rogers County

Talala - "Ta-la-la" is the Cherokee word for woodpecker.  Long ago, an Indian associated the tapping of the woodpecker with the syllables ta-la-la.  The woodpecker is a red-headed bird and young girls child with red hair were often called by their full-blood relatives "Ta-la-la". A small stream in the north part of Rogers County was found by early day Indians to be a favorite place of the woodpeckers so they called it Ta-la-la creek.  The town Talala derived its name from this creek.
- From the History of Rogers County

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