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Spencer Academy
Choctaw CountyLocation: on US-70 east of Sawyer
Coordinates: 34.017945, -95.364481
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Arts; Education; Ethnic Diversity; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
A noted school for boys, Spencer Academy was established by the Choctaw Nation in 1841 and named for Secretary of War John C. Spencer. Students who were later prominent Choctaw leaders included Coleman E. Nelson, Allen Wright, Jackson McCurtain, Charles S. Vinson, B. F. Smallwood, Jefferson Gardner, Simon T. Dwight, Eliphalet N. Wright, and Homer Davis.
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