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Filtering by: Creator Hunsaker, Douglas James Committee Member Minc, Leah Subject Catholic schools -- Oregon -- Saint Paul -- History -- 19th century

The expansion of Catholicism : an exploration of St. Joseph's College, the first Catholic boarding school for boys within the Oregon territory

Creator:

Hill, Cayla L.

Abstract:

St. Joseph's College was located within St. Paul, Oregon, the first Roman Catholic mission in the Pacific Northwest. The St. Paul mission was finally established in 1839 by Father Francois Blanchet, four years after the French-Canadian settlers in the area, appropriately known as French Prairie, had requested the presence of...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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