Tullahassee Mission Site

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name = Tullahassee Mission Site


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location = Tullahassee, Oklahoma
founded = March 1, 1850 by Rev. Robert Loughridge
added = 1971
refnum = 71000674cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OK/Wagoner/state.html|title=National Register of Historical Places - Oklahoma (OK), Wagoner County|date=2008-01-015|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Tullahassee Mission was founded on March 1, 1850 by Rev. Robert Loughridge. [cite web |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society | accessdate=2008-01-15 | url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v013/v013p399.html| title=Augusta Robertson Moore, A Sketch of Her Life and Times] [cite web |publisher=Tulsa World | accessdate=2008-01-15 | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/common/printerfriendlystory.aspx?articleID=070623_1_A12_spanc46066| title=Church's 1875 origin linked to missionary ] The mission was originally built for the Creek Indians, but after a devastating fire the Creeks left Tullahassee and the mission and gave it to their former African slaves. [cite web |publisher=Tulsa Library| accessdate=2008-01-15 | url=http://www.tulsalibrary.org/aarc/towns/tullahassee.htm| title=Historic All-Black Towns in OK Tullahassee]

History

The Creek Indians were initially opposed to all missionaries and the establishment of schools, but after seeing the works of the Koweta Mission the Creeks to allow the creation of another mission northwest of Muskogee. The Creeks said they would pay one-fifth while the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions would pay the rest of the cost. Rev. Loughridge chose the site for Tullahassee Mission and purchased 70 acres of land from Thomas Marshall. On this site was constructed a brick building that was three stories and housed eighty students. [cite web |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society | accessdate=2008-01-15 | url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v013/v013p399.html| title=Augusta Robertson Moore, A Sketch of Her Life and Times]

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