Record Details
Sacred Heart Reduction, (1846). Mission du Sacre Coeur de Jesus parmi les Coeurs d'Alenes
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Sacred Heart Reduction, (1846). Mission du Sacre Coeur de Jesus parmi les Coeurs d'Alenes |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu537-54 WSU 537-54; Cage 537 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,391 |
| Creator | Point, Nicholas, 1799-1868 |
| Date | 1846 2000 - 2002 |
| Description | 1 ms.; 8.5 x 13 cm. In September 1841, Nicholas Point and his fellow Jesuit, Charles Huet, selected the first site in the Coeur d'Alene River valley near the present town of St. Mary's, Idaho, for the foundation of the second Jesuit mission in the Rocky Mountains. However, after five years of regular Spring floods along the St. Joe's River, it was agreed that the Mission should be moved to this site, the present location of the old mission church at Cataldo. Point sketched the plan and in... |
| Subject | Missions -- Idaho -- Maps, Manuscript; Point, Nicholas, 1799-1868 |
| Type | Maps; Bird's-eye views |
| Coverage | United States--Idaho--Cataldo |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.4 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | French |
| Relation | Is part of Pierre Jean De Smet Papers, 1764-1970 Cage 537. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg537.htm |
