Editing Talala, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
The Talala Post Office was established June 23, 1890. Talala was named for Captain John Talala of the 3rd Regiment, [[Indian Home Guard (American Civil War)|Indian Home Guard]] and a prominent Cherokee. It is mentioned in the Talala History Book that the word ta la la is associated with the tapping of a woodpecker's bill, which the woodpecker is a red-headed woodpecker that had these numerous birds there and even today. ''Talala'' is a Cherokee word for the Red-Headed Woodpecker.<ref name="EOHC-Talala">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TA003 Jon D. May, "Talala," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed April 27, 2015.</ref>  An Indian made this discovery and so the town has taken this bird as part of its legacy, erecting signs on the North and South end of the town, and on its stationery at Town Hall and in the Museum.