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Skitswish Mission of the Sacred Heart, Cataldo, Idaho, ca. 1920
Title
Skitswish
Mission
of the
Sacred
Heart
,
Cataldo
,
Idaho
,
ca.
1920
Date
ca. 1920
Notes
Mission
building;
six
pillars
hold
up
the
arched
roof-front
with
sunburst
circular
window.
Note
from
unidentified
source:
Old
Mission
State
Park
features
the
oldest
standing
building
in
Idaho
, The
Mission
of the
Sacred
Heart
built
between
1848
and
1853.
Mission
walls
stand
a
foot
thick
,
without
the
benefit
of
nails.
The
structure
was
woven
carefully
of
straw
,
mud
and
wooden
pegs.
Inside
, there are
no
pews
because
the
Indians
preferred
to
worship
in an
open
room.
Over
300
members
of the
tribe
labored
over
the
construction.
It
transferred
in
1877
to
Desmet
where
it
stands
today.
Photo
from
Don.
B.
Scott
,
former
editor
of
Coeur
d'Alene
Press
-
his
father
had this
photo
taken
about
1920.
Subjects
Sacred
Heart
Mission
(Cataldo
,
Idaho);
Skitswish
Indians--Spiritual
life;
Missions--Idaho
Location Depicted
United
States--Idaho--Cataldo
Object Type
Photographs
Negative Number
L94-14.80
Digital Collection
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
Collection
Collins
Anderson
/
Don
B.
Scott
Repository
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
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Transmission Data
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