Seger Indian Training School
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| Seger Indian Training School | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1893 |
| Opened | 1893 |
| Closed | 1941 |
| Location | Colony, OK |
| Alternate Names | |
History
The Seger Indian Training School was on the eastern edge of Colony, Oklahoma. John Homer Seger, a white settler in the Indian Territory, founded the school in 1893. Seger had come to the Darlington Agency in 1875 to work as a teacher, and he established the Seger Colony (the predecessor of Colony) in 1886 with 120 Arapaho. The school taught farming and industrial skills to Native Americans until it closed in 1941; one of the buildings later became Colony's public school.
The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971; at the time, its buildings were stated to be in poor condition. It was removed from the Register in 1973.
