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Shoshone Episcopal Mission

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Built
  
1889–90

Opened
  
1890

Added to NRHP
  
11 April 1973

NRHP Reference #
  
73001931

Area
  
65 ha

Nearest city
  
Fort Washakie, Wyoming

Shoshone-Episcopal Mission

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

Shoshone-Episcopal Mission (also known as Shoshone-Episcopal Mission School for Shoshone Girls) is a historic mission and school in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. The school was built from 1889 to 1890 by Rev. John Roberts, the minister and teacher on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Roberts built the boarding school to teach the Shoshone girls living on the reservation; as many of the students lived up to 20 miles (32 km) away from the school, it was necessary to build a boarding school to teach them. The school later became the headquarters of the entire Episcopal mission on the reservation.

The mission was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1973.

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Shoshone-Episcopal Mission Wikipedia