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Burney Institute

Marshall County
Location: on OK-32, 1 1/2 miles east of Lebanon
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Education; Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

The school was opened as a learning center for Chickasaw girls in 1859 under the supervision of the Cumberland Presbyterian Board. In 1887, the name was changed to Chickasaw Orphan Home and Manual Labor School. The first post office, called Burney Academy, opened on July 3, 1860.

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Camp Leavenworth

Marshall County
Location: on US-70 at west side of Kingston
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Military; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

This frontier post was named for Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth, commander of the Dragoon Expedition through Oklahoma in 1834. Leavenworth died nearby after being injured in a buffalo hunt. Some historians call the 1834 expedition the greatest expeditionary force in the annals of the US Army.

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Red River Bridge

Marshall County
Location: in Colbert City Park, Colbert, Oklahoma
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Folklife; Government; Social/Cultural; Transportation

The Red River bridge, constructed in 1931, was the site where Oklahoma Governor William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray defied a federal court injunction and stood with National Guard troops to make the toll bridge a free bridge. It became the first free bridge across the Red River. The structure was replaced with a new bridge in 1996.

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