Following Belgian Father DeSmet's preaching to the Sxoielpi (Colville Indians) in August 1845, a small log chapel was built. Two years later the present hand-hewn log church replaced it. Sometime around 1869, St. Paul's Mission was abandoned in favor of a location seven miles north of the present city of Colville. Damaged by fire in 1910, the present structure was restored in 1939–40.[2]
paul, mission, this, article, about, historic, mission, kettle, falls, washington, mission, paul, oregon, paul, roman, catholic, church, paul, oregon, jesuit, mission, church, established, hudson, company, columbia, district, pacific, northwest, region, north,. This article is about the historic mission at Kettle Falls Washington For the mission at St Paul Oregon see St Paul Roman Catholic Church St Paul Oregon St Paul s Mission was a Jesuit mission church established in the Hudson s Bay Company s HBC Columbia District in the Pacific Northwest region of North America in the 1830s The mission was built near the HBC s Fort Colville on the bluff then overlooking Kettle Falls on the Columbia River The building still stands today St Paul s MissionU S National Register of Historic PlacesSt Paul s Mission August 2006LocationOn Lake Roosevelt west of Kettle FallsNearest cityKettle Falls WashingtonNRHP reference No 74002259Added to NRHPNovember 20 1974 Marker with description of missionHistory editBoth Catholic and Protestant missionaries visited Kettle Falls several times from 1836 on attempting to convert natives to Christianity The first missionaries representatives of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and sponsored by the Presbyterians and Congregationalists arrived in 1836 They were unable to baptize any Indians 1 Catholic missionaries led by French Canadian Fathers Francois Norbert Blanchet and Modeste Demers arrived in 1838 They delivered the first Catholic mass between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade Range in 1839 and baptized 19 Indians but were unable to establish a permanent mission 1 Their efforts were more focused on St Paul Roman Catholic Church in the Willamette Valley Following Belgian Father DeSmet s preaching to the Sxoielpi Colville Indians in August 1845 a small log chapel was built Two years later the present hand hewn log church replaced it Sometime around 1869 St Paul s Mission was abandoned in favor of a location seven miles north of the present city of Colville Damaged by fire in 1910 the present structure was restored in 1939 40 2 References edit a b St Paul s Mission nps gov St Paul s Mission at Spokane OutdoorsExternal links editwashington edu Photograph St Paul s Indian Mission near Kettle Falls Washington 1888 48 37 35 N 118 06 26 W 48 62639 N 118 10722 W 48 62639 118 10722 nbsp This article about a property in Washington on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a building or structure in the U S state of Washington is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Paul 27s Mission amp oldid 1169562531, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
