The Original Western Navajo Boarding School was Rustic and Remote

Western Navajo (Blue Canyon) Boarding School, Algert, Arizona, ca. 1901-1903. Museum of Northern Arizona (MS-74-2-81).

A brief history of the Western Navajo Agency's Blue Canyon boarding school as described in the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1897.

"Stone Masons, Chonto, Grant, and Cas" working on building Western Navajo (Blue Canyon) boarding school, Algert, Az., ca. 1901. Museum of Northern Arizona Walter Runke Collection (MS-74-1-9).

Kitchen range at Western Navajo (Blue Canyon) boarding School, Algert, Arizona, ca. 1901-1903. Museum of Northern Arizona (MS-74-2-83).

Dining room at the Western Navajo (Blue Canyon) Boarding School, Algert, Arizona, ca. 1901-1903. Museum of Northern Arizona (MS-74-2-82).

Bedsteads used at the Western Navajo (Blue Canyon) Boarding School, Algert, Arizona, ca. 1901-1903. Museum of Northern Arizona (MS-74).

"Miss Morris and Miss Sawyer," employees at the Western Navajo (Blue Canyon) boarding School, Algert, Arizona, ca. 1901-1903. Museum of Northern Arizona (MS-74-2-46).