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Miner turned preacher joins pioneering wagon train to the Pacific
The text recounts Mr Small and companions traveling by boat, raft, and wagon from Memphis to Fort Smith and down the Gila to reach California. It details Small's later ministerial career in Napa City, Fort Worth, and Montague County, including founding churches, schools, and Masonic lodges, plus family milestones and Small’s long service as a Cumberland Presbyterian pastor.
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Eldorado
Colonel Ferguson
Memphis
Fort Smith
New Mexico
Rio Grande River
Cook
Mr. Small
Gila River
Gila
Santa Fe
Small
Pacific
California
Masonic Lodge
Cumberland
Fort Worth
Texas
Cumberland Presbyterian
Montague County
Bowie
Jowle
Senema County
Masfield
Bryan
Agricultural and Mechanical College
State University of Missouri
William T. Small
Queen's Peak
Boone County
Missouri
Leb
Miss. Marietta
Angell
James M
Blue Lodge