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Saint Claude Mission Cemetery

Also known as Saint Jean Baptiste Cemetery

Saint John, Rolette County, North Dakota, USA

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  • Get directions 45th Avenue NE
    Saint John, North Dakota 58369 United States
    Coordinates: 48.96599, -99.72090
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The St. Claude State Historic Site was deeded to the State Historical Society in 1927 as a memorial to Father John Malo. A large wooden sign maker on the site bears the inscription: "The Old Mission, St. Claude,, May 3, 1882 by Pere J.F. Malo." A larger wooden sign describes some of the history of the site and depressions mark several of the 47 graves recorded. The site is two miles northwest of the town of St. John. The site is accessible year round.

North Dakota State Historical Society
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Father John F. Malo was born near Montreal, Canada in 1830. Ordained as a priest at the age of 28, Father Malo moved to the Turtle Mountains of Dakota Territory in 1881 with a group of settlers from Quebec to found a mission. Together with the local Me_tis, they constructed a twenty by forty foot log church and christened it St. Claude on this day, May 3, 1882.

Shortly after its construction, the St Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad reached the area, but the rail line missed St. Claude by two miles. So in 1884, the mission relocated two miles south and built a new log church named St. John the Baptist. The new site grew into the town of St. John in Rolette County. In 1927, the St Claude mission site was deeded to the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Written by Christina Sunwall
The St. Claude State Historic Site was deeded to the State Historical Society in 1927 as a memorial to Father John Malo. A large wooden sign maker on the site bears the inscription: "The Old Mission, St. Claude,, May 3, 1882 by Pere J.F. Malo." A larger wooden sign describes some of the history of the site and depressions mark several of the 47 graves recorded. The site is two miles northwest of the town of St. John. The site is accessible year round.

North Dakota State Historical Society
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Father John F. Malo was born near Montreal, Canada in 1830. Ordained as a priest at the age of 28, Father Malo moved to the Turtle Mountains of Dakota Territory in 1881 with a group of settlers from Quebec to found a mission. Together with the local Me_tis, they constructed a twenty by forty foot log church and christened it St. Claude on this day, May 3, 1882.

Shortly after its construction, the St Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad reached the area, but the rail line missed St. Claude by two miles. So in 1884, the mission relocated two miles south and built a new log church named St. John the Baptist. The new site grew into the town of St. John in Rolette County. In 1927, the St Claude mission site was deeded to the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Written by Christina Sunwall

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