St. Joseph's Mission

When Father J.M. Cataldo came to Lewiston in 1867, he developed a Jesuit Nez Perce mission that continued long after he founded Gonzaga University in Spokane. A chapel was built a mile up Mission Creek in 1868, but a permanent location was not established until construction of Saint Joseph’s Mission was completed at a more secluded site in 1874. It now is open to visitors as part of Nez Perce National Historical Park.

Idaho · United States