in the northern groundwater plumes which have not migrated off-post, all other sites consist of relatively minor soil or building contamination without groundwater issues but with explosives, SVOCs, and metals like lead. Education There are two Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) boarding schools in the area: Wingate Elementary School, and Wingate High School. the Wingate Elementary dormitory is a former military barracks that also houses students at Wingate High. In 1968 the girls' dormitory had 125 girls; the Associated Press stated that the dormitory lacked decoration and personal effects and was reflective of a campaign to de-personalize Native American students. At the time the school strongly discouraged students from speaking Navajo and wanted them to only speak English. Circa 1977 it opened a 125-student $90,000 building which used a solar heating system. The non-BIE school district is Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. It is zoned to Indian Hills Elementary School, Kennedy Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School. Notable people Lt. Charles B. Gatewood (1853–1896) led many patrols out of Wingate and later convinced Geronimo to surrender 1881–85 General Douglas MacArthur lived at the fort as an infant, with his father, a Captain in command of Company K, 13th US Infantry. 1889–90 General John J. (Black Jack) Pershing served as Lieutenant at the fort. Gallery See also National Register of Historic Places in McKinley County, New Mexico References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20160728222747/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/forngate.htm Includes chronology and launch log http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/fort-wingate.htm Includes comprehensive history on Fort Wingate http://www.ftwingate.org/ Website dedicated to the cleanup The History of Fort Wingate, by Harold James, 18th NM Genealogical Field Conference Wingate Buildings and structures in McKinley County, New Mexico Closed installations of the United States Army Historic American Engineering Record in New Mexico History of McKinley County, New Mexico Ruins in the United States 1860 establishments in New Mexico Territory Military installations established in 1862 1993 disestablishments in New Mexico National Register of Historic Places in McKinley County, New Mexico Wingate Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico