Koweta Mission | |
Location | Coweta, Oklahoma |
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Built | 1843 |
Built by | Rev. Robert Loughridge |
NRHP reference No. | 73001571[1] |
Added to NRHP | 1973 |
Koweta Mission Site is a site near Coweta, Oklahoma, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The mission was started in 1843 by Presbyterian minister Robert Loughridge at Coweta, then the capital of the Creek Nation, Indian Territory. He named the mission "Koweta", after the Creek capital. [1] The school operated until the American Civil War, when Loughridge and most missionaries left the territory.