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Carlisle Indian School

Carlisle, Pennsylvania
County of Cumberland.
National Register Number: 66000658
 Resource type: District.
Property type: Education - school.
Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - July 4, 1961):
Founded in 1879 by Brig. Gen Richard H. Pratt, a Civil War officer and veteran of the Indian campaigns in the West, the school pioneered in Federal programs for Indian education, and was a model for similar schools built elsewhere.


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