Burney Institute - Lebanon, OK
N 33° 59.024 W 096° 53.290
14S E 695076 N 3762362
Oklahoma Historical Marker in a pullout on the south side of OK 32, near Sanders Road and just east of Lebanon, OK, noting the origins and early history of the Burney Institute, a school for Chickasaw girls.
Waymark Code: WMR5N8
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2016
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The marker is badly faded -- note its age -- and has identical text on both sides. It says:
Site in vicinity south
Established 1854 by Chickasaw Council, Daugherty Colbert, Chief: David Burney, Joel Kemp, George D. James, A.V. Brown, school trustees. Opened as school for Chickasaw girls 1859, under supervision of Cumberland Presby. Bd., Rev. Robert S. Bell and wife, teachers. Name changed to Chickasaw Orphan Home and Manual Labor School, 1887.
Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission 1950
County: Marshall
Record Address::
Sanders Road and OK 32
Lebanon, OK USA
73440
Web site if available: [Web Link]
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Date Erected: 1950
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission
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