Panhandle Baptists

Historical marker location:

401 North Florence Street, Tyrone, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of North Florence Street and 5th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Florence Street.)

Marker installed: 1981

Baptist work in the Oklahoma Panhandle began with the founding of Pleasant View Baptist Church with eight members on August 5, 1894.

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