Wheelock Academy (Oklahoma)

The history of Wheelock Academy dates to as early as 1832, when a missionary couple, Alfred and Harriet Wright, began teaching Choctaw female children. A dormitory was build in 1839 and the school was forally adopted into the Choctaw school system in 1842 as the Wheelock Female Seminary. The school closed in 1861 due to the Civil War. The Seminary building and many of the nearby buildings bruned after the Civil War, but the Choctaw national leaders rebuilt the school in 1884.

The federal government assumed control of the school in 1910 and continued its operation until 1955 when it was closed.