State Reform School
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The '''Reform School''' was established in March of 1893 with the signing of House Bill #184 by the Governor of Montana, the Honorable [[J.E. Rickards]]. At the time, the school was some two miles east of [[Miles City, Montana]]. Now Miles City has grown to include the school as part of it's eastern edge. The school began as the Montana State Reform School, so named because it was believed that the duty of the school was to "reform" the juveniles sent there. The Superintendent's report to the Governor for the year 1900 notes that "We realize that this institution is not maintained for punishment, restraint, or limitation of privileges; but for reformation and the cultivation and development of the good lying dormant in the boys' and girls' natures." | The '''Reform School''' was established in March of 1893 with the signing of House Bill #184 by the Governor of Montana, the Honorable [[J.E. Rickards]]. At the time, the school was some two miles east of [[Miles City, Montana]]. Now Miles City has grown to include the school as part of it's eastern edge. The school began as the Montana State Reform School, so named because it was believed that the duty of the school was to "reform" the juveniles sent there. The Superintendent's report to the Governor for the year 1900 notes that "We realize that this institution is not maintained for punishment, restraint, or limitation of privileges; but for reformation and the cultivation and development of the good lying dormant in the boys' and girls' natures." | ||
