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From: Richard Rininger <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Church of the Brethren History in Colorado
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:30:30 -0600
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Tom, is there any mention of Pastor Roland Leatherman? Maybe with the 1st Grand
Valley Church? Was that church located at Fruita?

Roland Leatherman's daughter and my mother were best friends in nursing school in
the 1930s.

Richard Rininger
Grand Junction, CO

wrote:

> I recently uncovered a couple of copies of "Beginnings of Colorado Brethren,
> Established 1874", published in June of 1976, among some of my old files.
> It is a 20 page booklet with about one page per church established in
> Colorado since 1874. Churches with a write-up include the Hygiene Church
> (1st COB in Colorado), Bethel Church in Arriba, 1st Church of Colorado
> Springs, 1st Grand Valley, Haxton Church, Northern Colorado, Prince of Peace
> in Denver, Rocky Ford, Wiley, and 1st Church of the Brethren in Denver.
> Other churches are listed in the Table at the end of the booklet with their
> Organization date and when a church was built. I suspect these booklets were
> not widely circulated and that there may be some interest in the Colorado
> Brethren among those on the list. If so, let me know.
>
> Tom Crago
> Colorado Springs, CO
>
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