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[Photograph 2012.201.B0969.0825]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. OHS note: This is likely a photograph of five Sisters of Mercy nuns who arrived by train in the territory in 1884 from Lacon, Illinois. The Sisters were met by Father Isidore Robot and Brother Dominic Lambert from the Sacred Heart Mission and some Native American scouts. Information source: "Tenacious Monks" by Joseph F. Murphy, a priest from St. Gregory’s College.
Date: 1884
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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