Cataldo

Old Mission State Park in Cataldo, Idaho

Before America or any other power had secured control over Idaho, it was largely the realm of fur traders and missionaries interacting with natives. The latter built what is today Idaho's oldest standing building near Cataldo in the northern panhandle, serving the Nez Perce and Flathead peoples. The Roman Catholic Church originally came to Idaho on the indigenous people's behest. A native proph…