Mormon Springs
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow
N 33° 49.752 W 088° 17.721
16S E 380134 N 3743972
This monument tells of the pioneers at Mormon Springs, MS. We did a clean up service project there.
Waymark Code: WM2TGM
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jdwms_1950
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized April 6th, 1830 and Missionaries first arrived in North Eastern Mississippi in 1839, here at Mormon Springs many converts to the church were baptized, using stones to dam the stream they made a baptismal font just to the east of the ford that crossed the stream.....

From this site the first Mississippi Saints left for their trek west...

Date Installed:: 1975/01/01

Organization that placed the object:: The Tupelo Stake of the LDS Church

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