Historical Marker Program

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Tvshka Homma Female Institute

Pushmataha County
Location: OK-2, approximately five miles north of Clayton
Coordinates: 34.645943, -95.322480
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Choctaw Nation
Topics: American Indians; Education; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

The Tvshka Homma Female Institute opened in 1892. The building was completed for $22,000 under provisions made by the Choctaw General Council. Peter J. Hudson served as the school’s first superintendent. A post office, known as “Lyceum,” opened at the school with Nellie Wakefield as postmistress. Later known as Tvshka Homma Academy, the facility continued to operate as a girls’ school until 1926, when it was accidentally destroyed by fire.