(4-01) SH-32, one mile east of
Lebanon in Marshall County
Site Marker: Burney Institute. Site in
vicinity south. Established in 1854 by Chickasaw Council, Daugherty
Colbert, Chief; David Burney, Joel Kemp, George D. James, A. V. Brown,
school trustees. Opened as school for Chickasaw girls 1859, under
supervision of Cumberland Presby. Bd., Rev. Robert S. Bell and wife,
teachers. Name changed to Chickasaw Orphan Home and Manual Labor School,
1887 |
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(4-01) South view from SH-32. The
building (circa 1896) is the only remaining structure |