Episode 62 - Choctaw Academy: Dr. William "Chip" Richardson and Dr. Christina Snyder

Host Bill Goodman is joined by two special guests with unique ties to the historic Choctaw Academy located in Scott County -- Georgetown ophthalmologist Dr. William “Chip” Richardson and Penn State historian, Dr. Christina Snyder. The Choctaw Academy was the first federal Indian school in America, educating over 600 Indian boys and men from 17 tribal nations between 1825 and 1848. Dr. William Richardson purchased farmland that included the remnants of the old Choctaw Academy and began plans for restoration in hopes of preserving it as an historic landmark. Historian Dr. Christina Snyder, author of "Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson," discusses the history of the Choctaw Academy as the largest and most diverse Indian school in antebellum America.