The Qualls Post Office existed from January 20 , 1909 , until August 31 , 1942 . The first postmaster was William A. Qualls . One story is that sometime after the arrival of the Ross Party , who traveled the Trail of Tears due to the Indian relocation in 1838 , a cabin owned by a family named Qualls was burned to the ground by the Cherokee Lighthorse police and that event gave birth to the area name " Qualls Burnt Cabin . " Sometime between World War I and World War II , that original name was shortened in common usage to the present " Qualls " . Qualls Road and Burnt Cabin Road remain on the present maps of the area to memorialize that history . The name is further memorialized in Burnt Cabin Ridge State Park on the shores of Lake Tenkiller
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Qualls, Oklahoma