About Murrow Indian Children's Home

Historically, Murrow Home has filled a need of caring for Indan Children who are either orphaned or are deprived of normal family care for various reasons.

This home was founded by Rev. J.S. Murrow in the days following the civil war. Murrow Indian Children's home looks back on a tremendous heritage filled with a fascinating history and with many stories of personal devotion and sacrifice. Rev. J.S. Murrow, enterprising missionary in Indian territory, began taking orphaned and homeless Indian children into his home. In 1902, the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes set aside land near Atoka, Oklahoma where a Christian home for Indian orphans was established.

In 1919, Rev. Murrow realized that considerably more support would be needed if the home was to meet the educational, spiritual and personal needs of the Indian children. He arranged for the American Baptist Mission Home Societies to take full responsibility for the home and it was moved to the campus of Bacone College.

The year 1920 was an important date in the history of the home, it was during that year that large gifts were received from individuals within the Creek tribe who had greatly prospered as a result of oil development.

Rev. and Mrs. H.M. Hargo gave $12,000 for the purchase of 80 acres of land adjoining the college to be a building site for the home. Lena Cosar, a young Creek woman, gave $6,500 for the purchase of 54 acres to add to the Murrow Home farm. Mrs. Lucy Plobe and her daughter, Mrs. Suma Bosen, gave $50,000 for a new girl's dormitory and Walter Starr gave a like sum for a boy's dorm. These buildings served as housing until 1956. In keeping with long tradition of personal devotion and sacrifice surrounding the Murrow Home, Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Palmer of Los Angles, CA. presented the story of Murrow Home on their radio program. As a result of their fine work, Murrow's modern cottages were completed at a cost of $50,000 each with funds raised through their efforts.

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Following the cival war Rev. J.S. Murrow founded the Murrow Indians Children's Home.

 

Today

Today, there are 5 cottages on the campus of Murrow Indian Children's Home. Three of the cottages are devoted to the children and have the capacity to house 10 children each. One of the additional cottages is used for staff offices and one is used to house volunteers. These cottages continue to provide a safe, loving Christian home environment for Native American children from the tribes of Oklahoma. This ministry is not to Indian children; rather it continues to be a ministry with Indian children. Furthermore, a significant ministry with Indian children has been a continuing story of prayerful concern and interest of many individuals throughout the United States.