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From: Lou Ann and Woody Lunsford <>
Subject: [OKMCCURT-L] HIGHWAY COMMUNITY, OKLAHOMA - Page 99
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:47:05 -0500

This unusually named community was and is centered about three miles
east of Broken Bow on Highway 70. A community of Choctaws had existed
in that vicinity since the 1830s, but it was not until 1922, after a
large number of white families had settled there, that they Highway
School was built.

The Bankhead Highway, now U.S.70, had just been completed in 1922 and
the site was chosen for a school in the community. The site chosen was
adjacent to the new highway, thus the name "Highway".

After the Highway School was absorbed by the Broken Bow district, the
school building was sold but the people of the vicinity needed a place
for meetings. The result was that in 1935 they built, with the aid of
Dr. Simpson, the County Commissioner, a log building which still stands.

A half mile south of the Highway Community building is the Oka Achukma
(Goodwater) Indian Presyterian Church which had its origin during the
pre-Civil War era.)

Picture:
These are students of the Highway School in about 1922. Miss Mildred
Paulk was the first teacher. (Mary Jane Keirsey Bates)
No names noted for this picture)

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During our research trips, when a book is purchased relating to our
family's history or listing information of the area, we buy two: One
to keep and one to donate to our Clayton Genealogical Library in the
family's name or a member of the family.
Lou Ann & Woody Lunsford
NATIVE TEXAN 8310 Werner, Houston, TX 77037 TEXAS PROUD
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