Koweta Mission

Historical marker location:

Coweta, Oklahoma

( Marker is on State Highway 51 east of S 305th E Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1995

Reverend R. M. Loughridge founded this Creek Indian school in 1843 and named it for an ancient Creek town in Alabama.

Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state in the country, with over 200 lakes created by dams.