FIRST: Sunday School West of the Mississippi River - Farmington, Missouri
Posted by: 
BruceS
N 37° 46.556 W 090° 25.208
15S E 727212 N 4184089
Stone marker located in cemetery marking the location of an early log building which was the location of the first Sunday school west of the Mississippi River.
Waymark Code: WMJ30Z
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2013
Views: 1
Text of marker:
On this spot the first Sunday school west of the Mississippi River was organized and taught by Sarah Barton Murphy in the year 1805, in the old log meeting house which was the first protestant church west of the Mississippi.
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