​First Methodist Church
​of Canyon

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Marker No: 1750

Aluminum 18 x28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 34.979664,-101.924072

Marker Text: ​Earliest religious service in Canyon was in 1889. Leaders were the Rev. Jerome Harelson and Isaac Mills, of Panhandle District, Methodist Church, the Rev. B. F. Jackson organized this (city's first) church in Oct. 1889. Members: Mrs. Crain, Mrs. M. M. McGee, Mrs. A. Roper, Miss Louie Roper, Mr. and Mrs. Nix Thompson and Miss Tennie Thompson. 
     The Rev. Mr. Jackson preached to great throngs in Palo Duro Canyon, 1890; held first local funeral and first wedding, 1891. 
     Original church building was erected under the first regular pastor, the Rev. T. F. Robeson, 1900. (1969) 

Location: ​1818 4th Avenue, Canyon