Oklahoma Methodism Before 1889: Some Notes

In mid-March of 1889 the first session of the Indian Mission Conference was held at Tulsa in the Creek Nation and saw Methodist Episcopal, North Superintendent, Rev. James Murray reporting on numerous works already in operation in eastern Oklahoma, then known as Indian Territory.

Locations mentioned include work going on at:

Tulsa
Catoosa
Purcell (Chickasha Nation)
Afton
Cameron (on the Frisco line, 14 miles south of Ft. Smith; railroad development played a key role in early church expansion)
Wyandotte
Island Ford (along Grand River; an African American work)
Snow Creek (along the Verdigris; an African American work)
Pawhuska
Prairie City ("more nominal than real"; a work near Afton)
Salt Creek (South side of the Arkansas River; African American)
Cache (a work among the Choctaws)
New Hope (a Choctaw seminary for girls)
Oak Lodge
Short Mountain (near Ft. Smith)
Poteau
Ca---
Pawnee
Caney (west of Verdigris near Double Creek)
Bartlesville ( termed an "old charge")
Tahlequah
Source: Brill, A History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Oklahoma, 1939, pg.23