Baptist Mission

Baptist Mission is an Oklahoma historical marker in Westville vicinity, Adair County.

Adair County · 3 miles north of junction of US 62 and US 59 at Old Baptist Mission Church, Westville vicinity

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The present-day white frame building contains some of the original timbers of the log church built in 1839. Reverend James Bushyhead, the first supreme court judge of the Cherokee Nation, established the mission, which the Cherokees called Bread Town. The Cherokee Messenger, a religious publication, was printed at the mission beginning in 1844. Bacone College at Muskogee is an outgrowth of the school begun at Baptist Mission.

The original aluminum marker for Baptist Mission is in front of the Old Baptist Mission Church. Note from the marker program.

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