Historical Marker Program

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Bloomfield Academy

Bryan County
Location: on OK-78, one and a half miles south of Achille
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Education; Government; Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Bloomfield Academy, a seminary for Chickasaw girls, was established in 1853 by authority of the Methodist Missionary Board. The school was located on two different sites in Bryan County before it was moved to Ardmore in 1917. There it was renamed Carter Seminary in honor of Congressman Charles D. Carter.

Note: This marker was reported damaged.

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Fisher’s Station

Bryan County
Location: two miles south of US-70, four miles west of Durant
Material: Granite
Topics: TransportationSocial/Cultural; Social/Cultural;

In 1857, Congress created the Butterfield Overland Mail Route to carry mail and passengers between St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, and points west. It was the first real transcontinental link between the Atlantic states and the Pacific Coast of the United States. There were twelve stations along a 197-mile route in Oklahoma, including Fisher's.

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Julia Jackson Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy

Bryan County
Location: near Douglas Cooper monument at Fort Washita
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Sponsored by the Julia Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Topics: American Indians; Military; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Sponsored by the Julia Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the nearby granite marker honors Douglas Hancock Cooper, the first Confederate agent for the Choctaws and Chickasaws and later commander of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Mounted Rifles.

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Nail’s Crossing

Bryan County
Location: on east side of Blue River two miles southwest of Kenefic
Topics: Government; Social/Cultural; Transportation

Nail's Crossing was a stage stand of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. See Fisher's Station.

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Pioneer Cemetery

Bryan County
Location: at entrance to Pioneer Cemetery in Durant
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Government; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

The Pioneer Cemetery was first used as a burial plot for family members of Fisher Durant, who settled the area following removal of the Choctaws from Mississippi in 1834. Also in the cemetery is the grave of Dixon D. Durant, founder of the town of Durant.