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The Tullahassee Mission was founded on March 1, 1850 by Rev. Robert Loughridge.[2] [3] The mission was originally built for the Creek Indians, but after a devastating fire the Creeks left Tullahassee and the mission and gave it to their former African slaves.[4]
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The Creek Indians were initially opposed to all missionaries and the establishment of schools, but after seeing the works of the Koweta Mission the Creeks to allow the creation of another mission northwest of Muskogee. The Creeks said they would pay one-fifth while the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions would pay the rest of the cost. Rev. Loughridge chose the site for Tullahassee Mission and purchased 70 acres of land from Thomas Marshall. On this site was constructed a brick building that was three stories and housed eighty students.[5]
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