Cataldo Shoshone County, Idaho

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Cataldo: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Cataldo

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Cataldo

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Cataldo Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Cataldo

References to Cataldo that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

SACRED HEART MISSION, Kootenai County.—This mission was founded by Father Point in November, 1842. and proved quite successful. At first it was located on the Saint Joseph River, but in 1846 Father De Smet had it removed to the Coeur d'Alene River where in 1853 the first Catholic church in Idaho was erected by the neophytes. In 1865 Father Cataldo took charge of this mission after which the place became known as Cataldo, but the Indians eventually had the mission removed to the Coeur d'Alene Reservation. Father De Smet called the Coeur d'Alene Indians the "Pointed Hearts" and their mission building he designated the "Sacred Heart."—DE SMET, Letters and Sketches.

John E. Rees, B. Sc. in Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography
Rees, John E., Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography, 1918 W.B. Conkey Company, pp. 106  |  Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

 

Shoshone County

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Last updated: 2016-12-21