This image is one of the few pictures that show the Fort Hall Boarding School campus. The school was in operation at Fort Hall between 1880 and 1936 and upwards of 200 children attended annually. The site is located just above the present day Sho-Ban Jr./Sr. High School. It appears that the students out front are playing horseshoes - it looks like the same students in the closeup. None of the old rock buildings remain, but Darrell Shay remembers sliding down the fire escapes at the old dorm. My only recollection of the sites was picking apples there at the old orchard. The school taught students how to grow fruits and vegetables. My grandfather, Harrison Baker aka "Gramps," used to have strawberries and a big orchard at one time - something he learned how to do at the school. I think at one time he was the best farmer/rancher on the rez (my biased opinion!)
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