The missionaries built a church in 1890 and in 1893 completed a fortified mission house, which is still standing.

The missionaries even built Catholic schools and brought health care.

Anglican missionaries arrived in the late 1890s and built a church in 1911.

The missionaries built a one-room house that served as a school, chapel, hospital, and living quarters.

During the 1960s, missionaries built schools in and around the town.

The missionaries built homes and planted trees which continue to attract bird life.

The early missionaries built three different chapels during the first few years, each larger than the previous one.

Later, the missionaries built a hospital and a nursing school on the hill.

In 1735, French missionaries built a chapel at the west end of the south terrace of the mound.

American and, later, European missionaries not only largely built the town but also dominated its early life.