Primitive Baptist Preachers Gather in 1900

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Life in Hall County Texas 1850 - 1950

At the first gathering of the formation of the Primitive Baptist Church in West Texas preachers from Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana and elsewhere gathered at the Miles Turner Hutcherson ranch in Hall County in 1900. The meeting drew over a hundred people to the brush arbor put up for the occasion.

. . . for more like this please see Texas Church History

. . . photo from the Brent Lemons Collection

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