[Historical Marker Dedication Program for the East Sweden Presbyterian Church, Texas]
Description
Historical Marker Dedication Program for ceremonies held 1990-03-24 that recites the history of the church, including the fact that most of the East Sweden settlers in the 1880s were Lutherans but, because they could not find a Lutheran minister, they responded to a traveling Presbyterian minister, became Presbyterians, and then built the original East Sweden Presbyterian Church in 1891.
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Description
Historical Marker Dedication Program for ceremonies held 1990-03-24 that recites the history of the church, including the fact that most of the East Sweden settlers in the 1880s were Lutherans but, because they could not find a Lutheran minister, they responded to a traveling Presbyterian minister, became Presbyterians, and then built the original East Sweden Presbyterian Church in 1891.
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Hurd, Bobbye.[Historical Marker Dedication Program for the East Sweden Presbyterian Church, Texas],
pamphlet,
March 24, 1990;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth759103/:
accessed June 7, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting McCulloch County Historical Commission.