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"Capt. Pratt and his two clerks [and others] ... have moved their office quarters to the new and handsome building situated where the old chapel stood," read the 20 November 1891 issue of the Indian Helper, a Carlisle Indian Industrial School…
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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…
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Time on Target
After World War II, the Army learned that an artillery barrage produces the most casualties in the first few seconds before the enemy could seek cover. In response, the Army learned to time fire from multiple sources to arrive on a…
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Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)
IEDs are low-technology explosive devices, which are usually homemade. Materials used to make these devices vary widely and include locally sourced switches, power supplies, initiators, explosive devices, and ch…
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Sergeant (SGT) Robert Easley, Jr.
Sergeant (SGT) Robert Easley, Jr. was severely wounded in action on October 15, 2012, while conducting operations in southern Afghanistan, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). While out on foot patrol, S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4A_quarters-2_Carlisle-PA.html
Quarters 2 allegedly sits on the spot of British Colonel John Stanwix's headquarters that he established in 1757. Stanwix's camp of regular and provincial troops was the predecessor to Carlisle Barracks. During the Civil War, Confederates occupied…
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Richard Henry Pratt
10th United States Cavalry
1840-1924
Founder of the Carlisle Indian School and its Superintendent from 1879-1904. The Indian School was created through his vision, tenacity, and sense of purpose. Under his leadership. it gre…
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Upton Hall
Upton Hall has changed its identity in more ways than one. Constructed in 1941 and named for Colonel John Van Rensselaer Hoff, who had a career in military medical training, Hoff Hall served as an academic building for the Medical Fiel…
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Site of Revolutionary War Forge
On this spot once stood a forge used by artillery artificers in the manufacturing of cannon and shot for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Carlisle Barracks, then known as Washingtonburg, was a fa…
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Washington Hall
Named in honor of General George Washington who participated in two expeditions launched from Carlisle Barracks against the French and Indians in the colonial period. Erected in 1884 as the Indian School hospital. Served as a dor…