Ben Wheeler, TX, United States
Mt. Zion C. M. E. Church. Members of the Redland, Bethlehem, Prairie Creek and Chandler communities met near this site on Ephraim and Malinda Curtis' farm to organize the Mt. Zion Church in 1874. The congregation provided spiritual assistance, community outreach and encouragement to those needing it
during the tumultuous reconstruction era after the Civil War. The Rev. M. L. Ragsdale served as first pastor. In 1877, Ephraim and Malinda Curtis deeded part of their land to the trustees of Mt. Zion
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