Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1621: Sequoyah Memorial Highway - Designation

State Highway 101 beginning at State Highway 59 and extending to

the intersection of State Highway 101 and State Highway 64B shall be

designated the "Sequoyah Memorial Highway" as a lasting memorial to

the great Cherokee genius who gave an entire nation a written

language with his invention of the Cherokee Syllabary that was

adopted by his tribe in 1821. The Oklahoma Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

upon the highway bearing said name.