Hunter’s Home is Oklahoma’s only surviving pre–Civil War plantation home, offering a glimpse into antebellum Cherokee life with historic gardens, livestock, and living history demonstrations. Built in 1845 by George Michael Murrell, the Greek Revival-style home was named for his love of fox
hunting. Murrell, a Virginia native, married Minerva Ross, daughter of influential Cherokee leader Lewis Ross. When the Cherokee were forcibly removed during the Trail of Tears (1838–39), Murrell moved west with his wife’s family, establishing a plantation with various outbuildings, including a barn, smokehouse, grist mill, and cabins for enslaved persons and employees.

Hunter’s Home is a National Historic Landmark, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and part of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.