Historical Marker Program

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First Brick Building

Wagoner County
Location: on OK-51 in downtown Wagoner
Topics: Urban Development

The first permanent brick building in Wagoner stands at this site.

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Oklahoma’s First Baptist Church

Wagoner County
Location: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Topics: Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

A Baptist congregation was established here in 1832.

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Texas Road

Wagoner County
Location: on OK-16 north of Verdigris River in Okay (DAR)
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Arts; Indian and Frontier Trade; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

A monument commemorates the Texas Road, the most ancient trail through Oklahoma, the Three Forks trading post, the Creek and Osage agencies, and Washington Irving's visit to the area.

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Tullahassee Mission

Wagoner County
Location: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Civil Rights; Education; Government; Religion/Philosophy

Tullahassee was established as a Creek mission by Presbyterian Reverend R. M. Loughridge in 1848. Alice Robertson, later Oklahoma's first congresswoman and the first woman postmaster in America, was born here.

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Wagoner

Wagoner County
Location: at intersection of US-69 and OK-51 in Wagoner
Material: Granite
Topics: Education; Urban Development; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

In 1896, Wagoner became Indian Territory's first incorporated town. The following year, the territory's first public schools began here.

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