Frank Daugherty, who was principal from 1949-1966, talks with two students in the office at the mission school in Holbrook.

Holbrook Indian School students in the 1970s.

Marvin and Gwen Walter wave goodbye as they leave Glendale, California, for a new mission post among the Navajos.

Early Student transportation

A missionary provides dental services at the Lake Grove Mission.

The first school building was built in the late 1940s and had classrooms, offices, dorms, staff apartments, and a cafeteria.

Aerial views of Holbrook Indian School today. BELOW: In 1951, the Pacific Union Recorder first used the term “Holbrook Indian School.”