Lyceum is a former academic community in northern Pushmataha County,

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, United States, located two miles west of

Tuskahoma Tuskahoma is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States, four miles east of Clayton. It was the former seat of the Choctaw Nation government prior to Oklahoma statehood. The popu ...

. A

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was established at Lyceum, Indian Territory on March 23, 1896 and operated until July 30, 1900. Its name was chosen to reflect the fact that the community hosted the Choctaw Female Academy, also known as the Tuskahoma Female Academy. The academy, which opened in 1892, burned in 1925, and the community shifted to Tuskahoma. Two miles north of Tuskahoma, at what the U.S. Post Office called

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, is the

Choctaw Capitol Building The Choctaw Capitol Building ( cho, Chuka Hanta Chahta) is a historic building built in 1884 that housed the government of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma from 1884 to 1907. The building is located in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, two miles north ...

, which was built in 1884. During the latter days of the

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, Tuskahoma was both a seat of government and an academic center. Prior to Oklahoma's statehood, Lyceum was located in

Wade County, Choctaw Nation Wade County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state. The county formed part of the Nation's Apukshunnubbee District, or First District, one of three administrative super-reg ...

.Morris, John W. ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38. More information on Lyceum, the Choctaw Capitol Building, and Tuskahoma may be found in the

Pushmataha County Historical Society The Pushmataha County Historical Society is a historical society devoted to collecting and preserving the history of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It is headquartered in the historic Frisco Depot in Antlers, Oklahoma, which it operates as a public ...

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* {{coord missing, Oklahoma Ghost towns in Oklahoma Geography of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma