St. John's Mission School
From Asylum Projects
| St. John's Mission School | |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1888 |
| Closed | 1913 |
| Demolished | no/abandoned |
| Current Status | Closed |
| Location | St Hwy 20, half way between Ralston & Hominy, Osage Co, OK - Grey Horse, OK (ghost town) |
| Peak Patient Population | *St. John's Boarding School |
St. John's school for Osage Indian boys opened in October 1888, 8 miles North of Grey Horse along Hominy Creek, by St. Katharine Drexel and the bureau of catholic indian missions. The original log compound replaced by four-story stone building in 1893. Operated by Franciscan sisters (1888-1907) and Christian brothers (1907-1913). It was closed in 1913 by the Osage Tribal Council. Students of the Sisters of St Francis were taught from the Bible and forbidden from speaking their native language.
The school remains on the list of Federal Indian Boarding Schools takne April 2022.
A town at the center of the Osage Murders - it has been a ghost town since being abandoned in 1963.
