Map Of The Mother Lode Showing Early Methodist Churches Along 49 Highway
The impact of the Gold Rush was huge, as hundreds of thousands of people from around the US and even the world began to flood into the state. With them came cultural impacts that included matters such as faith. This map illustrates one small facet of that change, the growth of the Methodist church. With its foundations being laid in a practical call to holiness, just a century prior with founder John Wesley, here dozens of churches found from the 1850's are noted.
Condition is very good. Image size is approximately 21 x 15.5 (inches)