Spalding's Mission
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BruceS
N 46° 27.130 W 116° 49.102
11T E 513949 N 5144304
Historical marker commemorating a Presbyterian mission in the area.
Waymark Code: WM25DA
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2007
Views: 34
Spalding's Mission
Marcus Whitman and Henry Harmon Spalding led Presbyterian missionaries
west in 1836 to answer a Nez Perce call for teachers. Spalding began his
mission and school nearby, but moved here in 1838. Believing in secular as
well as religious teaching, he taught the Indians irrigated farming, brought in
the Northwest's first printing press, and built saw and flour mills. But
hostility slowly developed, and Spalding left after the Whitman massacre at
Walla Walla in 1847. He returned with the gold rush to labor among his
converts until his death in 1874. His grave is nearby. ~ text of
marker #111
Marker Name: Spalding's Mission
Marker Type: Roadside
County: Nez Perce
Group Responsible for Placement: Idaho Historical Society
Marker Number: 111
Web link(s) for additional information:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/nepe/spalding1a.htm
Marker Text: Not listed
City: Not listed
Date Dedicated: Not listed
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