https://gateway.okhistory.org/explore/locations/p16736/browse/2023-06-19T14:10:52-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Gateway to Oklahoma History Location: United States - Oklahoma - Choctaw County - Spencerville2023-06-19T14:10:52-05:00https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2123974/

<p><a href="https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2123974/"><img alt="Spencer Academy, Choctaw Nation, 1842-1900" title="Spencer Academy, Choctaw Nation, 1842-1900" src="https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2123974/small/"/></a></p><p>Article describes the need for and establishment of Spencer Academy in the Choctaw Nation. W. David Baird explores the leadership behind the institution, its religious connections, events during the Civil War, and the rebuilding of the academy after it burned down.</p>

2013-11-27T06:37:20-06:00https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc253360/

<p><a href="https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc253360/"><img alt="[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0629]" title="[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0629]" src="https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc253360/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Spencerville Bridge, built in 1911, is doomed by progress."</p>