Lyceum, Oklahoma
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Lyceum is a former academic community in northern Pushmataha County,
Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
, United States, located two miles west of Tuskahoma. 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
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, 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 {{Short description, Former political subdivision 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 Fir ...
.Morris, John W. ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.


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