HOLLIDAYSBURG – The Blair County Genealogical Society will meet at 7:00 pm Thursday, April 20, 2023 at the Roller Hojeth Memorial Library, 431 Scotch Valley Rd.  Hollidaysburg, PA. 

Our April meeting will be the Martinsburg Indian Training School presented by Jodi Stauffer and Cori Bolger.

The Indian Training School was run by Professor Philip H. Bridenbaugh.  The school was housed in the seminary building, also known as the Juniata Collegiate Institute, on East Allegheny St in Martinsburg, PA.

Approximately 100 students from the Osage (Oklahoma) and Oneida (Wisconsin) tribes were educated here.

The meeting is free and open to the public and all are invited to attend.  Our building is handicap accessible.

Interesting link: Click on the image below to read an article from the website carlisleindian.dickinson.edu