Father Cataldo with Coeur d' Alene Natives, 1926

ID: 5787 ~ Source: Courtesy of: “Northwest -- Missions -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart (#05),” Spokane Public Library, accessed June 1, 2023, https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/items/show/326.

This file appears in: St. Michael's Mission Marker: This obscure monument tells a story of Catholic history in Spokane.

Father Cataldo (front center) with Coeur d’Alenes, taken by Albert M Sullivan, September 29, 1926; Sullivan, Albert M.

This file appears in: St. Michael's Mission Marker: This obscure monument tells a story of Catholic history in Spokane.

St. Michael's Mission Marker: This obscure monument tells a story of Catholic history in Spokane.

By Regan Hutchinson

All but forgotten in a residential neighborhood, a granite marker stands in one of Spokane's most historic spots.