First School House

Fort Hall Indian Reservation was established by government order on July 14, 1867. Following treaties made with the Shoshone Indians in July 1902, a portion of the reservation was opened for white settlement. Homesteaders moved into Inkom Valley, and by October 18, 1902, school district 46 was created. E.M. Webb, A.J. Damron, and Marceise Sorelle trailed logs through deep snow to the selected site, where an 18 by 20 foot building was erected. Gertrude Kenney was the first teacher, and Harry and Frank Steward, Erwin and Orpha Damron, Mike and Hattie Sorelle, and Hazel Preece were the first pupils.

Inkom, Idaho · United States