[1] It opened in 1890, providing vocational education to Cahuilla, Serrano, Luiseño, Kumeyaay, and other American Indians.
[2][3] The school had a forced Americanization program that was to make students follow Euro-American culture.
[5] Bishop Francisco Mora y Borrell authorized the school and Mother Katharine Drexel provided funding to the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions for purchase of the land, construction, and operations.
[9] St. Anthony's Industrial School in San Diego in 1907, with students sent to St.
The replacement institution, New Hope USA, was for adjudicated delinquents and students from low income backgrounds.