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Location: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Chief Pushmataha led a Mississippi Choctaw hunting expedition to the area in January of 1807 and attacked armed men under the leadership of French trader Joseph Bogy. Pushmataha County, in southeastern Oklahoma, is named for this great Choctaw leader.
Location: on OK-51 in downtown Wagoner
Topics: Urban Development
The first permanent brick building in Wagoner stands at this site.
Location: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Topics: American Indians; Settlement Patterns; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Reverend R. M. Loughridge founded this Creek Indian school in 1843 and named it for an ancient Creek town in Alabama.
Location: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Topics: Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
A Baptist congregation was established here in 1832.
Location: in community of Red Bird
Coordinates: 35.885676, -95.589588
Material: Other (Interpretive Panel)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Civil Rights; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Ethnic Diversity; Government; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Urban Development
Red Bird is one of 13 All-Black towns, out of more than 50 that once existed, remaining in Oklahoma. While Tullahassee is reportedly the oldest, most were established between 1889 and 1907 as African Americans sought security and control of their own destiny in a segregated world. Most of the towns began to decline in the 1920s and 1930s as rural African Americans faced economic hardships and began to move to urban areas. Red Bird was established with a post office in June 1902. The Red Bird Investment Company formed to recruit African Americans to settle in the town. I. W. Lane, a Red Bird resident, successfully challenged laws enacted by Oklahoma that sought to prevent African Americans from voting.
Location: on OK-16 north of Verdigris River in Okay (DAR)
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Arts; Indian and Frontier Trade; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
A monument commemorates the Texas Road, the most ancient trail through Oklahoma, the Three Forks trading post, the Creek and Osage agencies, and Washington Irving's visit to the area.
Location: in community of Tullahassee
Coordinates: 35.833994, -95.438361
Material: Other (Interpretive Panel)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Ethnic Diversity; Government; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Urban Development
Tullahassee is one of 13 All-Black towns, out of more than 50 that once existed, remaining in Oklahoma. While Tullahassee is reportedly the oldest, most were established between 1889 and 1907 as African Americans sought security and control of their own destiny in a segregated world. Most of the towns began to decline in the 1920s and 1930s as rural African Americans faced economic hardships and began to move to urban areas. Tullahassee now occupies the site of Tullahassee Manual Labor School, established in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in 1850 by Reverend Robert M. Loughridge under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. A school for Freedmen was established in 1883, and a post office was established 1899. Flipper-Key-Davis University, established in 1914, was the only private Black institution of higher education in Oklahoma until it closed in 1936.
Location: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Civil Rights; Education; Government; Religion/Philosophy
Tullahassee was established as a Creek mission by Presbyterian Reverend R. M. Loughridge in 1848. Alice Robertson, later Oklahoma's first congresswoman and the first woman postmaster in America, was born here.
Location: at intersection of US-69 and OK-51 in Wagoner
Material: Granite
Topics: Education; Urban Development; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
In 1896, Wagoner became Indian Territory's first incorporated town. The following year, the territory's first public schools began here.
Location: on US-69, one mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Folklife; Indian and Frontier Trade; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Wigwam Neosho was a trading post from 1829–33, named and operated by Sam Houston, Ex-Gov. of Tennessee and future president of the Republic of Texas. Houston was called Colonneh (The Raven) by his Cherokee friends. American author Washington Irving visited Houston in 1832 as he made notes for his book, A Tour of the Prairies, now an Oklahoma classic.
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Chief Pushmataha
Wagoner CountyLocation: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Chief Pushmataha led a Mississippi Choctaw hunting expedition to the area in January of 1807 and attacked armed men under the leadership of French trader Joseph Bogy. Pushmataha County, in southeastern Oklahoma, is named for this great Choctaw leader.
First Brick Building
Wagoner CountyLocation: on OK-51 in downtown Wagoner
Topics: Urban Development
The first permanent brick building in Wagoner stands at this site.
Koweta Mission
Wagoner CountyLocation: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Topics: American Indians; Settlement Patterns; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Reverend R. M. Loughridge founded this Creek Indian school in 1843 and named it for an ancient Creek town in Alabama.
Oklahoma’s First Baptist Church
Wagoner CountyLocation: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Topics: Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
A Baptist congregation was established here in 1832.
Red Bird
Wagoner CountyLocation: in community of Red Bird
Coordinates: 35.885676, -95.589588
Material: Other (Interpretive Panel)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Civil Rights; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Ethnic Diversity; Government; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Urban Development
Red Bird is one of 13 All-Black towns, out of more than 50 that once existed, remaining in Oklahoma. While Tullahassee is reportedly the oldest, most were established between 1889 and 1907 as African Americans sought security and control of their own destiny in a segregated world. Most of the towns began to decline in the 1920s and 1930s as rural African Americans faced economic hardships and began to move to urban areas. Red Bird was established with a post office in June 1902. The Red Bird Investment Company formed to recruit African Americans to settle in the town. I. W. Lane, a Red Bird resident, successfully challenged laws enacted by Oklahoma that sought to prevent African Americans from voting.
Texas Road
Wagoner CountyLocation: on OK-16 north of Verdigris River in Okay (DAR)
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Arts; Indian and Frontier Trade; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
A monument commemorates the Texas Road, the most ancient trail through Oklahoma, the Three Forks trading post, the Creek and Osage agencies, and Washington Irving's visit to the area.
Tullahassee
Wagoner CountyLocation: in community of Tullahassee
Coordinates: 35.833994, -95.438361
Material: Other (Interpretive Panel)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Ethnic Diversity; Government; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Urban Development
Tullahassee is one of 13 All-Black towns, out of more than 50 that once existed, remaining in Oklahoma. While Tullahassee is reportedly the oldest, most were established between 1889 and 1907 as African Americans sought security and control of their own destiny in a segregated world. Most of the towns began to decline in the 1920s and 1930s as rural African Americans faced economic hardships and began to move to urban areas. Tullahassee now occupies the site of Tullahassee Manual Labor School, established in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in 1850 by Reverend Robert M. Loughridge under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. A school for Freedmen was established in 1883, and a post office was established 1899. Flipper-Key-Davis University, established in 1914, was the only private Black institution of higher education in Oklahoma until it closed in 1936.
Tullahassee Mission
Wagoner CountyLocation: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Civil Rights; Education; Government; Religion/Philosophy
Tullahassee was established as a Creek mission by Presbyterian Reverend R. M. Loughridge in 1848. Alice Robertson, later Oklahoma's first congresswoman and the first woman postmaster in America, was born here.
Wagoner
Wagoner CountyLocation: at intersection of US-69 and OK-51 in Wagoner
Material: Granite
Topics: Education; Urban Development; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
In 1896, Wagoner became Indian Territory's first incorporated town. The following year, the territory's first public schools began here.
Wigwam Neosho
Wagoner CountyLocation: on US-69, one mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Folklife; Indian and Frontier Trade; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Wigwam Neosho was a trading post from 1829–33, named and operated by Sam Houston, Ex-Gov. of Tennessee and future president of the Republic of Texas. Houston was called Colonneh (The Raven) by his Cherokee friends. American author Washington Irving visited Houston in 1832 as he made notes for his book, A Tour of the Prairies, now an Oklahoma classic.
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