Historical Marker Program

Emahaka Mission

Seminole County
Location: five miles south of Wewoka at intersection of US-270 and OK-56
Coordinates: 35.071978, -96.494292
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

This school for Seminole girls was established in 1894 and operated by the Seminole Nation. Reverend W. P. Blake was the first superintendent. Mrs. Alice Brown Davis, who later became first female chief of the Seminole Nation, was superintendent in 1908. The school was abandoned in 1914, and the building was destroyed by fire in 1927.

Note: This marker could not be located and is presumed missing.