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Indian School Smokestack

The brick smokestack stands alone where at one time it was attached to the power house that made steam heat which heated the buildings at the Indian Industrial School through underground tunnels. Electricity was also produced in this building.

This stack again reminds us of the total self sufficiency of this school in the way they produced their own central heat source and their own electricity.

Address: Willard and Locust Streets

Come visit us in Genoa, Nebraska

Attractions and Upcoming Events

U.S. Indian Industrial School Museum

Founded in 1884, the U.S. Indian Industrial School was located on 320 acres in the town of Genoa. Opening with only one building, the school grew to include thirty-nine structures on 640 acres and a maximum student population of 600

Genoa, NE Indian Heritage

The Brick Stile

Genoa, NE

St. Rose of Lima Church

St. Rose of Lima church is of Gothic architecture, its arches pointing heavenward like hands pressed together in prayer. Built in 1951, this building is the new St. Rose, an imposing stone structure that replaces the frame church made inadequate by the rapid growth of St. Rose of Lima parish.

Genoa, NE

Genoa Indian School Barns

Four barns still remain that were part of the U.S. Indian Industrial School (1844-1934)

Genoa, NE Historic Barns

Genoa Site - NHR

After nearly three decades of Sioux harassment and epidemic diseases, all four bands of the Pawnee Confederation agreed by an 1857

Genoa, NE Archaeology

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Indian School Smokestack

Attractions and Upcoming Events

U.S. Indian Industrial School Museum

The Brick Stile

St. Rose of Lima Church

Genoa Indian School Barns

Genoa Site - NHR

Things to do near Genoa, NE

Corps of Discovery Welcome Center

Lake Babcock

Niobrara Railroad Bridge - NHR

Mormon Monument

Lewis and Clark SRA Hunting