BajaNomad
Not logged in [Login - Register]

Go To Bottom
Printable Version  
 Pages:  1  2    4
Author: Subject: beautiful Baja churches
4x4abc
Ultra Nomad
*****


Avatar


Posts: 4289
Registered: 4-24-2009
Location: La Paz, BCS
Member Is Offline

Mood: happy - always

[*] posted on 5-6-2015 at 06:55 PM


go ahead - do it!



Harald Pietschmann
View user's profile Visit user's homepage
Pompano
Elite Nomad
******




Posts: 8194
Registered: 11-14-2004
Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
Member Is Offline

Mood: Optimistic

[*] posted on 5-8-2015 at 11:58 AM


Not Baja, but it IS a beautiful church & mission and is certainly interesting.

We came across it while on a RV road trip across the Pacific Northwest and while nearing Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The Mission of the Sacred Heart or Cataldo Mission. Built 1850-53, Mission of the Sacred Heart is the oldest standing building in Idaho.

For a change, this mission was requested by the locals. In the early 19th century, the Coeur d'Alene Indians had heard of these powerful "medicine men" in black robes with a book and wanted some of these men for their own tribe. They sent men east to St. Louis, and in 1842 Father Pierre-Jean De Smet responded to the request and came to the area.

The building was constructed by the Indians themselves, so that they could feel part of the church. It was built using the wattle and daub method, and finished some three years later without using a single nail.

In 1961 it was designated a National Historic Landmark, and in 1966 it was put on the National Register of Historic Places.





I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
View user's profile
CaboSur
Nomad
**


Avatar


Posts: 108
Registered: 9-10-2014
Location: San Jose del Cabo
Member Is Offline

Mood: Irrelevant

[*] posted on 5-10-2015 at 04:23 PM
San Jose del Cabo Church


Plaza san Jose del cabo
View user's profile
güéribo
Nomad
**




Posts: 239
Registered: 10-17-2014
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 5-10-2015 at 08:38 PM


Beautiful sky!
View user's profile
 Pages:  1  2    4

  Go To Top

 






All Content Copyright 1997- Q87 International; All Rights Reserved.
Powered by XMB; XMB Forum Software © 2001-2014 The XMB Group






"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez

 

"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt

 

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes

 

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn

 

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law







Thank you to Baja Bound Mexico Insurance Services for your long-term support of the BajaNomad.com Forums site.







Emergency Baja Contacts Include:

Desert Hawks; El Rosario-based ambulance transport; Emergency #: (616) 103-0262