Beecher Bible and Rifle Church - Wabaunsee, Kansas
The Beecher Bible and Rifle Church in tiny Wabaunsee, Kansas, represents one of the more interesting and unusual stories of Kansas' early days of statehood.
The fledgling abolitionist community of Wabaunsee was in desperate need of rifles and ammunition to protect themselves from terrorizing pro-slavery Missourians. In response, their sponsoring church in New Haven, Connecticut, took up a collection to purchase 27 Sharp rifles.
These rifles, along with 25 Bibles, were shipped to Wabaunsee, by way of Missouri on the Missouri River, in crates marked Bibles. From that day to the present, the church has been known as the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church.
A congregation of approximately fifteen continues to worship weekly in this historic church building.
I drove out there today by chance after church 3 mile soff teh highway and saw a sign for the "historic beecher bible and rifle church". Pretty cool.
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