1842 Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, a Jesuit, came to Coeur d'Alene to establish a mission. Father Nicholar Point and Brother Charles Huet arrived later that year.
1844 Their first mission, on the St. Joe River, was about 35 miles south of the current mission. It was later abandoned due to constant flooding at the location.
1850 1850 - Father Antonio Ravalli arrives from the temporarily abandoned Blackfeet mission and begins the design and construction of the Mission of the Sacred Heart, Cataldo.
1850-53 The Mission of the Sacred heart constructed by Jesuit missionaries and Indians
-- Father Antonio Ravalli arrived in Idaho 1850 -- architect for the mission
1877 Steamboat landing built near the mission. Passage to Lake Coeur d'Alene cost one dollar.
1906
1962 Cataldo added to the National Register of Historic Places
1965 Old Mission State Park established
It is really an reminder of how much our country and as well as our state is rooted in Christianity. So much of frontier Washington seems to begin with trappers or missionaries.
ReplyDeleteNice little time line here. Good info on Cataldo.
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