Union Mission Site

	Union Mission Site
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Union Mission Monument
Nearest city	Mazie, Oklahoma
Coordinates	36°7′34″N 95°17′9″W / 36.12611°N 95.28583°W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
NRHP reference No.	71000668
Added to NRHP	September 10, 1971

Union Mission Site is a historic site of a church mission and school about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Mazie, Oklahoma.

The Union mission was started in 1820, and its school operated from 1821 to 1825. The school instructed 144 Indian children: 71 Osages, 54 Creeks, and 29 Cherokees; a total of 91 boys and 63 girls.^[2]

Union Mission was the first Protestant mission established in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).^[3] It was also the site of the first school in Indian Territory and the first printing press in Indian Territory, and the first book printed in future Oklahoma.^[4]

There are a few graves at the site, including the 1825 monument for Rev. Epaphras Chapman, which, per the NRHP nomination, is the oldest known monument in Oklahoma.^[2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Kent Ruth (February 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Union Mission Site". National Park Service. Retrieved June 5, 2018. With accompanying two photos
^ "Union Mission | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". www.okhistory.org. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
^ "Union Mission Cemetery". Daughters of the American Revolution. March 24, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Kent Ruth (February 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Union Mission Site". National Park Service. Retrieved June 5, 2018. With accompanying two photos

[3] "Union Mission | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". www.okhistory.org. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

[4] "Union Mission Cemetery". Daughters of the American Revolution. March 24, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

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