St. Ignatius Mission

St. Ignatius, Montana

Founded 1854

Jesuit Fathers Pierre De Smet and Adrian Hoecken built the first St. Ignatius mission among the Kalispel and Flathead Indians in eastern Washington. The mission was moved to the Flathead reservation in Montana in 1854.


Links

Lakeshore Country Journal * Catholic Encyclopedia

Books

100 Years in the Flathead Valley: The St. Ignatius Centennial 

A. Markham, St. Ignatius' Mission, Montana