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Wheelock Mission

McCurtain County
Location: on US-70, 1 1/2 miles east of Millerton at church site
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Education; Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Wheelock is the oldest church building in Oklahoma. Built by Reverend Alfred Wright in 1846, the stone church is still used. Wright had established the mission among the Choctaws fourteen years earlier. Nearby was the Wheelock Academy, a famous school for Choctaw girls.

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