The mascot was an "Indian";[2] the city's namesake, Chief Pocatello, was the leader of the Shoshone people.
[citation needed] In 1914, a fire started in the boiler room and the high school burnt completely to the ground.
Architect Frank H. Paradice, Jr., who moved to Pocatello around 1915, reportedly designed the high school,[7] presumably the new construction one replacing the one destroyed by fire in 1914.
In December 2021, a construction project connected the two buildings of Pocatello High School, as well as adding several new classrooms and a "commons" area.
Urban legends have been proven fake but rumors among students hearing voices and feeling hugged remained under speculation for years.
[13] Pocatello competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A in the Great Basin (East) Conference with Century and Preston.
[citation needed] Boys 2023 [18] (records not kept by IHSAA, state tourney introduced in 1971) Girls • Softball (1): 2024 • Soccer (1): 2024 Until the 1970s, the Pocatello High School mascot was a Native American caricature named Osky Ow Wow, "a little Mohawk-looking guy with buck teeth, dark skin, big round eyes and a Mohawk haircut.
[29] Cook told the local Pocatello ABC affiliate that she was fired and not Harrison because she was the one who posted the photo.
[30] Pocatello High School featured in the August 29, 2019 episode of Ghost Hunters.