The Episcopal Church arrived in the Inland Northwest in the mid 1860s. In fact, our story parallels that of the settlement o...f the American West; with all the triumphs, tragedies and difficulties that implies. One of the earliest missionary priests, the Rev. Lemuel H. Wells, established 23 missions in the late 19th century and became the first Bishop of Spokane in 1892. The early part of the...