Historical Marker Program

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Asbury Manual Labor School

McIntosh County
Location: on BUS-69 in Greenwood Cemetery north of Eufaula
Coordinates: 35.293967, -95.582650
Material: Stone with bronze plaque
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Methodist Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Education; Religion/Philosophy

Stones that make up the monument are from the original buildings of Asbury Manual Labor School (est. 1847). The original site of the school lies under Lake Eufaula. Monument dedicated to Methodist missionaries who established the school for Native children and youth.

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Buckner Cemetery

McIntosh County
Location: on BUS-69 in Greenwood Cemetery north of Eufaula
Coordinates: 35.293933, -95.582783
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Baptist Historical Commission
Topics: Family/Household; Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Dr. Henry F. Buckner, called the "apostle to the Creeks," and members of his family are buried here, having been moved from the Buckner home now under Lake Eufaula. Buckner came to the Creeks as a Baptist missionary in 1849.

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Creek Council Ground

McIntosh County
Location: at Eufaula Indian community at Seventh and Forest in Eufaula
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Government; Military; Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural

Confederate Commissioner Albert Pike met with Creek leaders at North Fork Town, now covered by the waters of Lake Eufaula, on July 10, 1861, to sign a treaty in which the Creeks pledged their support to the South in the Civil War.

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Deputy U.S. Marshal James Nakedhead

McIntosh County
Location: on OK-150 in Lake Eufaula State Park
Coordinates: 35.419127, -95.628342
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Government; Recreational/Service; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

James Nakedhead was a deputy US marshal killed in the line of duty in Indian Territory on February 27, 1895. A Cherokee policeman, he was the first town marshal of Tahlequah in 1890. He was a Cherokee policeman and the first town marshal in Tahlequah in 1890.

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Green Corn Dance

McIntosh County
Location: near S. 6th Street and Forest Avenue at Creek Nation Health Clinic in Eufaula
Coordinates: 35.282639, -95.591389
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Religion/Philosophy; Social/Culture

To the Creeks, the Green Corn dance was a major annual religious celebration of the harvest season. Around a central fire, men, women, and children dressed in colorful costumes, danced, chanted, and sang. After the rites, green corn was served.

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Henry Frieland Buckner

McIntosh County
Location: in Greenwood Cemetery north of Eufaula
Topics: Family/Household; Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Commemorates the work of Dr. Henry F. Buckner

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Honey Springs Battlefield

McIntosh County
Location: on grounds of Honey Springs Battlefield Historic Site, Checotah vicinity
Coordinates: 35.530309, -95.486041
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Ethnic Diversity; Government; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Five granite markers commemorate those who fought in the Civil War Battle of Honey Springs on July 17, 1863. Included are markers dedicated to Union soldiers, the Five Tribes, the First Regiment of Kansas Colored Volunteers, Confederate soldiers, and Texas Confederate soldiers. Marker sponsors include the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Intertribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes, the Community Heritage Recognition Community, and Daughters of the Confederacy.

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Tuskegee Baptist Church

McIntosh County
Location: at intersection of OK-9 and NS-411 (OBHC)
Coordinates: 35.289504, -95.698383
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Baptist Historical Commission
Topics: Folklife; Religion/Philosophy; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Annie Walker Armstrong was corresponding secretary of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention which sent missionaries to the area. The church was founded here in 1867. Nearby is another marker that notes the rock that Armstrong used to mount her horse during a visit to the church in 1900.

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Vernon

McIntosh County
Location: in community of Vernon
Coordinates: 35.216608, -95.926825
Material: Other (Interpretive panel)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Ethnic Diversity; Religion/Philosophy; Urban Development

Vernon is one of thirteen All-Black towns, out of more than fifty that once existed, remaining in Oklahoma. While Tullahassee is reportedly the oldest, most were established between 1889 and 1907 as African Americans sought security and control of their own destiny in a segregated world. Vernon, established in March 1912, is named for William T. Vernon, a minister and bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, who also served as registrar of the United States Treasury from 1906 to 1912 under President Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft.

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Walker and Newton

McIntosh County
Location: in Lake Eufaula State Park
Topics: Government; Industrial Period, 1841–1892; Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural

A tribute to Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Bill Walker and Fountainhead State Park superintendent Leo Newton who were gunned down in a shoot-out in 1971.