Historical Marker Program

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Burneyville School

Love County
Location: on OK-96 in Burneyville
Topics: Education; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

The school, once known as Red River School, was a subscription school when it was founded in 1880s It closed in 1957.

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Courtney School

Love County
Location: on OK-32, 3 1/4 miles east of Jefferson County line
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Settlement Patterns

Originally serving students in the town of Courtney, the school closed in 1928 when the county border changed and several small schools were consolidated.

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Edmund Pickens

Love County
Location: on OK-32 at Ennville
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Government; Settlement Patterns; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Born in Mississippi, Pickens came west with the Chickasaws in 1837 and was their first elected chief after the nation removed to Indian Territory. Pickens County in the Chickasaw Nation was named for him.

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Enon Baptist Association

Love County
Location: at Leon Baptist Church in Leon (OBHC)
Topics: American Indians; Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

In August 1885, the Enon Baptist Association was founded at Wilson Creek Church in the Chickasaw Nation.

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Love County Courthouse

Love County
Location: on OK-32 east of US-77 junction
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Government

The cornerstone of the first county courthouse built after statehood was laid on April 29, 1910.

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Meadowbrook School

Love County
Location: on county road, three miles north and three miles west of Marietta
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Industrial Period, 1841–1892

This community school served area children from 1930 to 1958. It was created when schools from the Bowles, Eastman, Marsden, and New Hope districts were consolidated.

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Post Oak School

Love County
Location: on OK-76, 17 miles west and nine miles north of Marietta
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Industrial Period, 1841–1892

The Post Oak school existed from 1916 to 1950 and was part of a joint district that served students in Love and Carter Counties.