Union Agency

Historical marker location:

1101 Honor Heights Drive, Muskogee, Oklahoma

( Marker is on Honor Heights Drive, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1950

Now housing the Five Civilized Tribes Museum, this original Union Agency building was constructed in 1875 by the federal government to oversee the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes. Cornerstone was laid by members of the Masonic Lodge, believed to be the first Masonic cornerstone laying in Oklahoma.

The first Native American astronaut, John Herrington, is a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. Herrington flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2002.