State Highway 101 is a 23.4 mile (37⅔ km)

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in Sequoyah Co.,

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, in the United States. It runs from US-59 north of Sallisaw to the Arkansas state line. After crossing the line, it becomes Highway 220. The highway connects to

Sequoyah's Cabin Sequoyah's Cabin is a log cabin and historic site off Oklahoma State Highway 101 near Akins, Oklahoma. It was the home between 1829 and 1844 of the Cherokee Indian ''Sequoyah'' (also known as George Gist, c. 1765–1844), who in 1821 created ...

, the home of

Sequoyah Sequoyah (Cherokee language, Cherokee: ᏍᏏᏉᏯ, ''Ssiquoya'', or ᏎᏉᏯ, ''Se-quo-ya''; 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native Americans in the United States, Native American polymath of the Ch ...

, the man who invented the Cherokee alphabet. SH-101 has no lettered spurs.

Route description

State Highway 101 begins at US-59 approximately north of Sallisaw. From this terminus, SH-101 travels due east, crossing over Little Sallisaw Creek shortly before passing through the unincorporated place of

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. Two miles (3.2 km) east of Akins, the road makes a sharp turn northward. During this -long stretch of north–south roadway, the road passes Sequoyah's Cabin. The road gradually curves back to the east as it crosses Big Skin

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. Upon encountering Black Creek, a tributary of the bayou, the road makes an abrupt turn back to the north. Another gradual curve returns SH-101 to an east–west alignment which persists until the junction with State Highway 64B near Eagle Mountain. This is the northern terminus of the highway, which heads south to

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and eventually to Interstate 40. SH-101 continues north from this point, curving around the mountain and proceeding along a very winding route. During this section, the road crosses Polecat Creek and Little Lee Creek. After a short southeast section, SH-101 turns to a due east alignment, crossing Big Lee Creek on a narrow through truss bridge and passing just north of the unincorporated CDP of

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. The highway then gradually stairsteps northeast, culminating in a brief north–south section along the Oklahoma–Arkansas state line. The roadbed then curves east, entering Arkansas and the Ozark National Forest, and becoming Highway 220 toward Uniontown.

History

Junction list

References

External links

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SH-101 at Roadklahoma
Transportation in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

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