Union Mission Site is a historic site of a church mission and school about northeast of

Mazie, Oklahoma Mazie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 91 at the 2010 census,''Pryor Daily Times''. "Mayes County grows by 3,000. April 4, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 201/ref> almost unchanged fro ...

. The Union mission was started in 1820, and its school operated from 1821 to 1825. The school instructed 144 Indian children: 71

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, 54 Creeks, and 29

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; a total of 91 boys and 63 girls. With Union Mission was the first Protestant mission established in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). It was also the site of the first school in Indian Territory and the first printing press in Indian Territory, and the first book printed in future Oklahoma. There are a few graves at the site, including the 1825 monument for Rev. Epaphras Chapman, which, per the NRHP nomination, is the oldest known monument in Oklahoma. The site was added to the

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in 1971.

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Buildings and structures in Mayes County, Oklahoma Educational institutions established in 1820 Defunct schools in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Mayes County, Oklahoma Native American schools in Oklahoma Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Schools in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub