Dwight Mission

mission, Oklahoma, United States

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  • In Sallisaw

    Dwight Mission, 7 miles (11 km) northeast, was founded in 1828 and functioned for more than a century; it was one of the most important educational institutions in Indian Territory before the American Civil War. Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee syllabary (see Cherokee language), built…

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