Bushnell Hospital / Intermountain Indian School

Two different institutions filled these buildings. The Army built Bushnell General Hospital here in 1942 and treated thirteen thousand soldiers wounded in the Second World War before it closed in 1946. Then, in 1950, the Bureau of Indian Affairs reopened it as the Intermountain Indian School — soon the largest federal Indian boarding school in the country. For decades it housed Navajo children, later students from many tribes, bused hundreds of miles from home and schooled in English and trades as part of a national campaign to strip Native children of their languages and cultures. It closed in 1984.

What the plaque says

In 1942, Bushnell General Hospital was built in Brigham City by the federal government to treat World War II wounded. The hospital closed in 1946 after 13,000 army personnel were treated there. In 1950, the Bureau of Indian Affairs coverted the Bushnell facility to a boarding school for Navajo children. The school closed in 1984. This sign has been funded by a grant from the Division of State History ith matching funds provided by he Sons of Utah Pioneers Box Elder Chapter (Marker Number 18.)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wellsville Mountains — 10.0 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Hyrum State Park — 13 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Powder Mountain — 14 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States by acreage — a famously uncrowded "PowMow" now remaking itself under Netflix's Reed Hastings.
• Logan — 19 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley

More markers nearby

• Lorenzo Snow Burial Site — 0.5 mi
• First Ward Meeting House — 0.6 mi
• Brigham City Tabernacle — 0.7 mi
• Brigham City Co-op Store — 1.1 mi