DeSmet Mission

After their annual Montana plains buffalo hunt proved futile in 1876, North Idaho's Coeur d' Alene Indians needed to move from Cataldo to a better farming area, and in 1877 their Jesuit mission was relocated here. After their community grew large enough, a three-story school building, still preserved by Coeur d' Alene Tribal Council authorities, was built in 1900. It serves as a community cultural center for Desmet.

Idaho · United States