Often used as a scenic backdrop for graduation pictures, the brick stile is located on the south side of the campus. Four columns support a sign that says U.S. Indian School. This stile led the students over the fence that surrounded the campus. They also had to cross the railroad tracks to get to their athletic fields. A portion of the fence still remains at the stile.
After nearly three decades of Sioux harassment and epidemic diseases, all four bands of the Pawnee Confederation agreed by an 1857
Genoa, NE Archaeology
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 Mormon Trail through Nebraska was not a narrow pathway in the same sense as a road. It was a corridor which might be a few dozen yards wide to several miles in width depending on the terrain. The oxen dictated the pioneers'
Genoa, NE Historic Trails
Situated on a prominent natural terrace near the Loup River valley near Genoa, the Burkett Site comprises numerous earthlodge ruins covering an area of over 100
Genoa, NE Archaeology