An amazing revival

In the beginning of the last century, the Native American Indians were a defeated race. But their defeat was not defined at any of the famous 'Last stands' nor was it signaled by a single treaty or act. However there was something that more than anything finalized the subjugation of their race.. It was 'schools' like this one.

This school, in Guthrie Oklahoma was used to house 'Indian children', who once removed from their people had little choice but to be integrated into white society. They shaved their braids, taught them white mans games and language. Most of these children were forbidden from speaking in their native tounge, and the penalties for doing so usually included severe beatings and starvation until they were less 'savage'.

But, by the time I lived by the school it had long been abandoned. It looked like this...

Like with most spooky old buildings, it was rumored to be haunted. The ones who dared to go in there would claim to hear the wailing screams of children throughout the entire building. It just sat there, and rotted, an unwanted reminder of the not so distant past.

And then someone with millions of dollars to spend bought it, and decided to turn it into a single home for himself and his family.

And this is what it looks like now.

When I first saw it again, after all these years, I literally quit breathing.

It is so beautiful I could not help but think even the ghosts could appreciate it.