Pierre J. DeSmet Marker

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Near Macks Inn in Fremont County, Idaho — The American West (Mountains)

Pierre J. DeSmet
Jesuit leader

Pierre J. Desmet Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Hans Van Landschoot, September 12, 2008

1. Pierre J. Desmet Marker

Inscription. Roman Catholic Missionary services began in Idaho on Sunday July 10, 1840 in Teton Valley, followed by a mass held near here at Henry's Lake, July 23.

Pierre J. DeSmet a Belgian Jesuit leader accompanied a Pend Oreille - Flathead band on their way northwest to their homeland. Climbing a mountain here, along streams "descending from dizzy heights, leaping from rock to rock with a deafening noise," he invoked divine thanks for his succesfull tour into Idaho and Montana.

Erected by The Idaho Historical Society. (Marker Number 452.)

Location. 44° 31.819′ N, 111° 19.756′ W. Marker is near Macks Inn, Idaho, in Fremont County. Marker is on State Highway 20 at milepost 400.7, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Macks Inn ID 83433, United States of America.

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Also see . . . Pierre J. Desmet. (Submitted on October 16, 2008, by Hans Van Landschoot of Knokke Heist, Belgium.)

Additional keywords. Pierre de Smet

By Richard E. Miller, July 2003

2. Pierre J. Desmet Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on October 16, 2008, by Hans Van Landschoot of Knokke Heist, Belgium. This page has been viewed 1,176 times since then. Last updated on May 27, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on October 16, 2008, by Hans Van Landschoot of Knokke Heist, Belgium. 2. submitted on August 29, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.