Pratt Hall
B.G. R.H. Pratt, Supt
Carlisle Indian Industrial School 1879-1904
In 1879, Pratt successfully lobbied the Departmernt of the Interioir and the War Department for the establishment of an Indian school at the abandoned cavalry barracks at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Students were recruited directly from the Western reservations. Superintendent Pratt travelled to the Dakota and Indian Territories where he recruited students from the Sioux, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, and Arapaho reservations. The first students arrived at Carlisle at midnight, October 6, 1879.
A member of the Historical Collection of IHG Army Hotel.
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