DescriptionCoeur d'Alene Mission in the Rocky Mountains.jpg
English: Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart on Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, United States, about 1855. Gustavus Sohon, artist.
Located where the Coeur d'Alene River enters into Lake Coeur d'Alene, the mission was established in 1843 by the Roman Catholic Church as a Christian missionary outpost. The church was built in 1858, and designed by Father Antonio Ravalli. No nails or metal pieces were used in its construction. The mission later relocated near the modern town of De Smet, Idaho, at which time this location became known as "Cataldo Mission" or "Old Mission". The structure and outbuildings were added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. The structure and outbuildings were made a U.S. National Historic Landmark on July 4, 1961.
Secretary of War (February 19, 1863). Letter of the Secretary of War, In Answer to a Resolution of the Senate of the 6th Instant, the Report and Maps of Captain John Mullan, United States Army, of His Operations While Engaged in the Construction of a Military Road from Fort Walla-Walla, On the Columbia River, to Fort Benton, on the Missouri River. Ex. Doc. No. 43. U.S. Senate. 37th Cong., 3d sess (Report). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, overleaf page (between pages 16 and 17).
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