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Valliant in McCurtain County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
 

Elliott Academy

 
 
Elliott Academy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Byron Hooks, October 20, 2009
1. Elliott Academy Marker
Inscription. Established here in 1869 as Oak Hill Industrial Academy by Presbyterian Board of Missions as boarding school for children of Choctaw Freedmen. Academy succeeded small school begun in 1860 by ex-slave and Presbyterian Minister Charles W. Stewart to serve numerous black families who had settled here after Civil War. Name changed in 1912 after David Elliott gave funds for new dormitory in memory of his wife, Alice Lee. Students cleared and operated large farm to help support school. Hundreds of students trained at academy before closure in 1936.
 
Erected 1995 by Oklahoma Historical Society. (Marker Number 198.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansCharity & Public WorkEducationNative Americans. In addition, it is included in the Oklahoma Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1869.
 
Location. 34° 0.38′ N, 95° 7.165′ W. Marker is in Valliant, Oklahoma, in McCurtain County. Marker is on U.S. 70 east of Oklahoma Highway N4450. Located at the Valliant Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Valliant OK 74764, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Clear Creek Water Mill (here, next to this marker);
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Fort Towson (approx. 7.8 miles away); Fort Towson Landing (approx. 7.8 miles away); Hospital and Commissary (approx. 7.9 miles away); Barracks (approx. 8 miles away); Officers' Row (approx. 8 miles away); Dorothy Jane Orton (approx. 8 miles away); Sutler Store (approx. 8.1 miles away).
 
Elliott Academy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Byron Hooks, October 20, 2009
2. Elliott Academy Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2009, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,408 times since then and 90 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 11, 2009, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.

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