Cheraw (Colorado, USA)
Cheraw, Colorado, the only town in the Holbrook Valley, lies 10 miles (16 km) north of La Junta in Otero County, and in the mid-1950s had a population of 184. The first Mennonite settlers moved into Holbrook Valley at the beginning of the 20th century. The East Holbrook Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), two miles (three km) east of Cheraw, had 130 members in 1949. From about 1900 to 1935 a Mennonite Brethren in Christ church also existed in the community.
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| Author(s) | Edward Kauffman |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Kauffman, Edward. "Cheraw (Colorado, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Cheraw_(Colorado,_USA)&oldid=86661.
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Kauffman, Edward. (1953). Cheraw (Colorado, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Cheraw_(Colorado,_USA)&oldid=86661.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 552. All rights reserved.
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