Wapanucka Institute - Chickasaw Rock Academy

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Photograph of the Wapanucka Female Manual Labour School, which was later called the Wapanucka Institute. The building, built one level at a time in 1852, was also known as the Chickasaw Rock Academy, and was located south of Bromide, Oklahoma.

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Creator: Unknown. 1852.

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Photograph of the Wapanucka Female Manual Labour School, which was later called the Wapanucka Institute. The building, built one level at a time in 1852, was also known as the Chickasaw Rock Academy, and was located south of Bromide, Oklahoma.

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  • 1852

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  • 1851 - 1911

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  • Nov. 12, 2013, 8:12 a.m.

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  • Jan. 13, 2015, 3:29 p.m.

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Wapanucka Institute - Chickasaw Rock Academy, photograph, 1852; (gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc228604/: accessed November 14, 2018), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.