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Florence United Methodist Church History Collection
This digital collection is a sample of items from the physical collection of the Florence United Methodist Church History Collection. It presents several items of church history from an early church photograph of the building in 1899 to an article about Bishop Wheatley making a visit in 1978. The collection also includes photographs of the 1973 fire that almost destroyed the church. By 1975, they had rebuilt and were set to celebrate their mortgage-note burning service in 1977. This collection was digitized by Baylee Suskin whose work has been graciously funded by the Mountain Sky Archives and History Commission.
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- "$200,000 Fire Destroys Old Church in Florence," 1973
- Pueblo Chieftan newspaper article with photograph of the fire that burned the 1898 stone church building down on December 31, 1972
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- "Church Observes 100th Anniversary," 1965
- Short newspaper article about the Florence Methodist Church's 100th Anniversary in 1965
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- "Fire Destroys Historic Church at Florence, Colorado," 1973
- Rocky Mountain United Methodist newspaper article about the devastating blaze on December 31, 1972 that destroyed the 1898 stone church building
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- "Florence First Methodist Celebrate 100 Anniversary," 1965
- Newspaper clipping about the 100th Anniversary Celebration at the First Methodist Church of Florence with some historical detail
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- "Methodist Church To Cost $10,000!" 1897
- 1952 newspaper article reprint from the Pioneer Day Edition; original article from 1897 about the cost of the new Methodist Church building
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- "Methodist Church is Destroyed By Fire," 1973
- Florence Citizen newspaper article with two photographs of the fire that burned the 1898 stone church building down on December 31, 1972
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- "Was This The First Methodist Church in Florence District?" 1952
- Photograph and newspaper article about "Uncle Jesse's" cabin, first used as a place of worship in Florence in the late 1800s
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- 100th Anniversary Program and History, 1965
- Worship service bulletin from the 100th Anniversary service celebration with brief history and list of ministers from 1865-1965
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- A History of the Florence Methodist Church, 1954
- Detailed history of the Florence Methodist Church from the 1860s to 1954 with a list of ministers, stories about "Uncle Jesse" Frazer (sp. Frazier), and a photograph of the church
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- Black and White Photograph of Church Exterior, 1964
- Official photograph taken by the Church of the exterior in 1964, before the fire that burned the stone building in 1973 and it was rebuilt
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