Historical Marker Program

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Burneyville School

Love County
Location: on OK-96 in Burneyville
Topics: Education; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

The school, once known as Red River School, was a subscription school when it was founded in 1880s. It closed in 1957.

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Courtney School

Love County
Location: on OK-32, 3 1/4 miles east of Jefferson County line
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Settlement Patterns

Originally serving students in the town of Courtney, the school closed in 1928 when the county border changed and several small schools were consolidated.

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Edmund Pickens (Ok-chan-tubby)

Love County
Location: on OK-32 at Ennville
Coordinates: 33.981711, -96.987312
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Keel Cemetery Association and Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Government; Settlement Patterns; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Born in Mississippi, Pickens was the first elected chief of the Chickasaw Nation after it was forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1837. Pickens County in the Chickasaw Nation was named for him. Signed the treaty of alliance between the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations and the Confederacy in July 1861. Signed treaties with the US government in 1852, 1855, and 1866.

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Enon Baptist Association

Love County
Location: at Leon Baptist Church in Leon (OBHC)
Topics: American Indians; Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

In August 1885, the Enon Baptist Association was founded at Wilson Creek Church in the Chickasaw Nation.

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Love County

Love County
Location: at Love County Courthouse, 405 W Main St, in Marietta
Coordinates: 33.937225, -97.120806
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Love County Leadership Class IV/Oklahoma Centennial Commission
Topics: Agriculture; American Indians; Indian and Frontier Trade; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Love County has a rich historical significance to Oklahoma and the nation. Carved from the Louisiana Purchase and acquired from the Choctaw Nation by the Chickasaw Nation, the county was named for the Loves, a prominent Chickasaw family. Early settlers influenced how the frontier area would be shaped. The area supported early-day commerce, numerous ferry crossings, and some of the first trading posts in the Indian Territory. Cattle ranchers, such as Bill Washington, controlled large Indian land holdings. The Arbuckle Trail, near Overbrook, was laid out by Jesse Chisholm of Chisholm Trail fame. Cotton was the major crop grown from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s, contributing to the greatest inland cotton market in the world.

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Meadowbrook School

Love County
Location: on county road, three miles north and three miles west of Marietta
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Industrial Period, 1841–1892

This community school served area children from 1930 to 1958. It was created when schools from the Bowles, Eastman, Marsden, and New Hope districts were consolidated.

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Post Oak School

Love County
Location: on OK-76, 17 miles west and nine miles north of Marietta
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Industrial Period, 1841–1892

The Post Oak school existed from 1916 to 1950 and was part of a joint district that served students in Love and Carter Counties.