Pittsburg, TX, United States
Independent Hope Baptist Church. In the late 1880s, African-American residents of the Bolton community held worship services under a brush arbor. By 1898, Polk and Elizabeth Bolton deeded land for a church building. Members completed the structure for Bolton Church, which would also serve as the foc
al point of the settlement. In 1942, the congregation replaced the old building, which was destroyed by a storm, and also gave the church its current name. Since the church's early years, members have
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