That year Pocahontas was organized as a mission of St. Patrick's on Lizard Creek in Webster County.

In 1882, Warrick Price donated three acres of land, east of town for a church and cemetery.

Mary Payer donated the altar as well as a picture of St. Peter and St. Paul that was painted in Bohemia.

In 1894, the church building was moved from the Calvary Cemetery property on the east side of town to its current location west of the central business district.

A school was begun by the parish in 1896, and the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Family from Dubuque served as the teachers.

Renovations were made to the church in 1957, which included new floors, pews, altar, and communion rail.

Bishop Frank Greteman merged both Saints Peter and Paul and Sacred Heart in Pocahontas into one parish named Resurrection of Our Lord.

It was the first Catholic church in Pocahontas County, and it holds an association with the Bohemian people who settled here.

The church building is significant for its Italianate and Greek Revival design and its association with its builder, Will Hubbel.