Adair County

Adair County, Oklahoma

Adair County was named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe.

@blogoklahomaus

Adair County

Adair County Courthouse

This classically-inspired art deco building was constructed in 1930 and designed by J.J. Harrelson. The low-relief ornamentation includes sunbursts and scrolls combined with indians in full hea…

@blogoklahomaus

Adair County

Adair County War Memorial

In 1992, this patriotic memorial to the veteran's of all wars was dedicated on the front lawn of the Adair County Courthouse. "Lest We Forget" those men who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensu…

@blogoklahomaus

Adair County

Baptist Mission

Rev. Jesse Busyhead settled here in 1839 following the Cherokee removal from the east and held church services at his home until the Baptist Mission was established in 1841 by Rev. Evan Jones. …

@blogoklahomaus

Adair County

Fairfield Mission

Established among the western Cherokees by Dr. Marcus Palmer in 1829 under the auspices of Boston based American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. First located in Pope County, Arkan…

@blogoklahomaus

Adair County

Flint Courthouse

Old courthouse for Flint district Cherokee Nation

@blogoklahomaus

Adair County

Fort Wayne

Established in 1838 by Lt. Col. R.B. Mason, 1st Dragoons, U.S. Army, at request of Arkansas citizens fearing Cherokees who were being removed from southeastern U.S. Named in honor of Gen. "Mad"…

@blogoklahomaus

Adair County

Rev. Jesse Bushyhead Grave

Sacred to the memory of Rev. Jesse Bushyhead Born in the old Cherokee nation. Sept. 1804 Died in the present Cherokee Nation July 17, 1844.

@blogoklahomaus

Adair County

Robert Rogers

A signer of the treaty of New Echota and grandfather of famed Will Rogers. Robert Rogers moved with his wife, Sally Vann, to Indian Territory about 1837, and established a home about 1 mile nor…

@blogoklahomaus

Adair County

Star Springs

The Starr Springs area was first settled by the Benjamin Cooper family in 1834. It was the site of the Andrew Adair and George Washington Adair massacre in 1853. The springs along with Shell Cr…

  1. County information from Wikipedia.
  2. Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.