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Union Mission

Mayes County
Location: on US-69, two miles of Chouteau
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Education; Mass Communication; Religion/Philosophy; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

The mission was organized for the Osage in 1820 and the future state's first school opened for classes on September 1, 1821. On the grounds is what is believed to be the oldest marked grave in Oklahoma, that of Reverend Epaphras Chapman, a victim of typhus on June 7, 1825. The first printing press in present-day Oklahoma was located at Union Mission.

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Union Mission

Mayes County
Location: inside Union Mission Cemetery south of Chouteau south of Mazie Landing Road
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: Education; Religion/Philosophy; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

This is the burial ground of members of missionary families who died at Union Mission from 1822 to 1825. The mission was a pioneer institution, the site of the state's first church and school.

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