Editing Fairfield, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Mulberry Mission was founded in [[Pope County, Arkansas|Pope County, Arkansas Territory]], among the Western Cherokees by Dr. Marcus Palmer{{efn|Palmer was a native of [[Greenwich, Connecticut]] who had come with his wife to live among the Western Cherokees under the auspices of Boston-based American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1821. He served first at Union Mission, then was transferred to Mulberry in November 1829.<ref name="CTForeman"/>  Mulberry was so named because it was on Mulberry Creek in Arkansas.<ref name="CTForeman"/>}} It was a branch of [[Dwight Mission CDP (Oklahoma)|Dwight Mission]], which moved to [[Indian Territory]] and was renamed as the Fairfield Mission, when most of the Cherokees were forced to move there from their former homes in the Southeast. In 1832, The mission established a lending library that contained about 150 books.{{efn|This is believed to be the first lending library in the present state of Oklahoma.}} Sited on Sallisaw Creek, about {{convert|8|miles|km}} southwest of [[Stilwell, Oklahoma]], the mission closed in 1859. No structures remain in place. The mission cemetery still remains, and it has been renamed as McLemore Cemetery.<ref name="FairfieldMission">[http://blogoklahoma.us/place.aspx?id=142.] "Fairfield Mission."  Accessed December 12, 2016.</ref><ref name="CTForeman">[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v027/v027p373.pdf Foreman, Carolyn Thomas. "Fairfield Mission." ''Chronicles of Oklahoma''. Vol. 27. p. 373.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523221212/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v027/v027p373.pdf |date=May 23, 2011 }} Accessed December 21, 2016.</ref>