Sunday afternoon I headed down to Sequoyah State Park about an hour southeast of Tulsa. Just for a little change of pace.

The park sits on Fort Gibson lake and the marinas were busy with people and their boats. I saw three other people on the trails the three hours I was there.

They keep the trails maintained very well.

I was mainly searching for geocaches like this one. In the city there is no way you could leave one of these so open.

There used to be several settlements on what is now the park. This is all that is left of Ray, Oklahoma. It was founded by members of the Osage Tribe and they got removed to Kansas in the 1800’s so that the Cherokees could come in after they were removed from the southeastern USA by the US Government. The Corps of Engineers bought everybody out when they put in Fort Gibson Lake in the 1940’s. They gave the land to the state who made a State Park out of land.

There are several cemeteries scattered here and there through the park.

This is a recreation of a Cherokee type grave. They often built little houses over the graves. I don’t really know why. I’ve searched the internet and there is a lot of what I call speculation or guesses. If you know, let me know!

There is at least one active church in the park. It looks very sharp with a fresh coat of paint and some flowers.

I had a great time wandering around the park. I’m linking with this post with Our World Tuesday.