Port Lavaca, TX, United States
Saint Joseph Baptist Church. The Rev. John Nelson organized a congregation of the Free Will Baptist Church (Free Mission Baptist Church) in the coastal town of Indianola in 1872. Three years later, a devastating hurricane struck the Texas Gulf Coast, inflicting major damage on Indianola. The Rev. Mr
. Nelson and his congregation repaired their church, but in 1886 another hurricane completely destroyed the town. Many Indianola residents moved to Port Lavaca to begin new lives. In 1898 the Free Mis
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