Sam Jones, evangelist that Warrensburg residents invited to Pertle Springs, at the age of 38.

ID: 698 ~ Source: Library of Congress ~ Creator: The Life and Sayings of Sam P. Jones, 1907 ~ Date: 1907

This file appears in: Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri 1884-1889

This file appears in: Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri 1884-1889

Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri 1884-1889

By University of Central Missouri Department of History

J. H. Christopher purchased the land just one and half miles south of Warrensburg in 1884 that came to be known as Pertle Springs. The faith leaders of the community approached Christopher in 1886 and asked if he would support bringing Sam Jones and…