St Patrick's Mission School- Anadarko, Okla.

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St Patrick's Mission
St. Patrick's Mission was established near the Anadarko Indian Agency in 1892 and operated continuously until 1966.

In 1891 Isidore Ricklin was appointed to start a mission for Kiowa and Comanche boys. Isidore built the original mission complex at Anadarko, then rebuilt it after a disastrous fire in 1909.

He directed the mission until his death in 1921. He was succeeded by his French-born assistant, Aloysius Hitta. The mission was staffed by the Franciscan Sisters of Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania.

Between 1911 and 1933 St. Patrick's was an official federal Indian school called Anadarko Boarding School. Priests and sisters who staffed it held civil service positions under the Department of the Interior.

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