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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3K_mullan-military-road_Cataldo-ID.html
Walk the Mullan Road one of the Northwest's most significant routes. Take the side road to your left.
From 1858-62, Lt. John Mullan's crew built the Northwest's first engineered highway, connecting Fort Benton with Fort Walla Walla, 625 miles. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3G_the-mullan-road_Cataldo-ID.html
Between 1859 and 1862 the U.S. Army built a military wagon road between Fort Benton Montana, and Fort Walla Walla, Washington. This National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark was the first major engineered highway in the Pacific Northwest.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B0G_parsonage-house_Cataldo-ID.html
The Parsonage house was the permanent house for the superior of the Mission. It is shown with a stone foundation. The west extension is depicted with a board floors, possibly a porch-like structure. The building was constructed with hewn logs usin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B0F_mission-landing_Cataldo-ID.html
The Coeur d'Alene River is moderately visible from this vista point. The river aided in popularizing the Sacred Heart Mission by creating a steamboat access for outlying communities.
For one dollar, passengers could enjoy the 27 mile river ex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B0E_lodging-for-travelers_Cataldo-ID.html
The sketch drawn in 1860, shows a long multiple-unit structure parallel to the church. It housed the Mission brothers and travelers, a kitchen and repair shop.
Some of the prominent travelers who visited the Mission and possible stayed in this b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B0D_stock-and-crop-barn_Cataldo-ID.html
In 1853, Issac I. Stevens, Governor of the Washington Territory, described the Mission as being composed of buildings enclosing a square, some being quite old, but the barn was large and new. One-half of the barn was reserved for their crops, whil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B0C_grist-mill_Cataldo-ID.html
The horse-powered grist mill is shown with a half-timbered frame. Brother "blacksmith" (either brother Charles Huet or Classans), and brother Magri collaborated on fashioning the grist mill in 1848. This would be before construction began on the O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B0B_old-river-channel_Cataldo-ID.html
The Coeur d'Alene River once flowed through here. Dams raised the level of Lake Coeur d'Alene causing the river to develop new channels. Annual flooding now furnishes water and silt to this former river bed.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B0A_dug-out-canoe_Cataldo-ID.html
This type of canoe was not used by the Coeur d'Alene until the arrival (of the) pioneer settlers. Combined with iron tooling and burning, it took two men up to eight weeks to build. The Indians preferred their traditional bark-skinned canoe which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B09_indian-village_Cataldo-ID.html
Records indicate that a least forty Coeur d'Alene Indians lived in permanent residence at the Mission site. The village was make up of a mixture of log cabins, Native American mat lodges and an occasional tipi.
E.S. Glover in his diary of 1875 s…