At the church is a large stone tablet with the ten commandments inscribed and, to the south side of the church, a shrine with memorials to some of the congregation who have passed on.
Also on display in front of the church is the bell from the 1907 church, cast in 1908 with the name of the church's Pastor, Father James Wagner, cast onto it. The church would be the "Little White Church" mentioned in the history below.
Early History of Holy Cross Parish
According to early records, a little log church was built around the year 1878 by Father Fouquet, south of the present Town of Creston and near the banks of the Kootenay River. It is thought this may have been the church of the "Flat Bows" mentioned in early baptismal records and in the diaries of David Thompson. The beautiful old building Church named St. Peter's was built by Father Coccola in the later 1890's. This beautiful church on the lower Kootenay Indian Reserve, is not presently in use, but is maintained by members of the Band Council.
The little white Church was built by Father James Wagner's leadership in 1907 on 10th Avenue and was called the Holy Cross Church of Creston.
From Holy Cross Parish