I am taking a class called Leadership Bitterroot.
On Sept 28th, our class went on a tour of the St. Mary's mission located in Stevensville. Stevensville is the first establishment/city in Montana. It started out as a mission for the Indians. The Salish Indians actually wanted the priests to teach them.
Father Ravali 's cabin can be seen in the picture above to the right of the church. Father Ravali was a very inventive and creative person. When he got older and was unable to go visit sick patients, he had a walk up window put in his cabin to administer drugs and medications.
He was also a carpenter making most of the furniture. He also did most of the architectural carving in the chapel.
Below is the inside of Father Ravali's house. He made most of the furniture in this room.
They have rein-actors at the mission
The Daly Mansion was another place that we toured that day.
I love the kitchen. The old stove is so big.
This was one side of the ice box refrigerators that are side by side in the house.
Both were as large as walk in closets. One side was for storing meat and fish and the other side stored the dairy and other items. The ice was placed above in a compartment that was accessible from the outside.
Pretty fancy for it's day.
Mrs Daly's headboard of her bed. Her bed was made from burled wood.
The front fence had some interesting ironwork so I thought I would take a picture as I was leaving the grounds.
