Historical Marker Program

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Fairfield Mission

Adair County
Location: at junction of OK-100 and US-59 on south edge of Stilwell
Coordinates: 35.800881, -94.625989
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Education; Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

The mission building, completed in 1829 by Dr. Marcus Palmer, a missionary to the Cherokee, stood in a grove of large trees a few hundred feet east of the cemetery now known as McLemore Cemetery. Noted missionaries and teachers at the mission included Elizur Butler, Charles C. Torrey, Clarissa Palmer, Lucy Butler, and Esther Smith. A circulation library, possibly the state’s first, was established at the mission in 1832.

Note: This marker is missing.