St. Michael's Mission church and monument, 1936.

ID: 5786 ~ Source: Courtesy of: “Northwest -- Missions -- Washington -- Mount St. Michaels (#01),” Spokane Public Library, accessed May 31, 2023, https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/items/show/358.

This file appears in: St. Michael's Mission Marker: This obscure monument tells a story of Catholic history in Spokane.

Picture of the mission from a hilltop, taken September 7, 1936. Former location of St. Michael’s Mission chapel, with the mission marker standing in front.

This file appears in: St. Michael's Mission Marker: This obscure monument tells a story of Catholic history in Spokane.

St. Michael's Mission Marker: This obscure monument tells a story of Catholic history in Spokane.

By Regan Hutchinson

All but forgotten in a residential neighborhood, a granite marker stands in one of Spokane's most historic spots.