1929 Annual Year Book Palm Valley and 28 similar items

PALM VALLEY (BRUSHY) EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 1929 Annual Year Book, Round Rock, Texas, Rev. Oscar Nelson, Pastor 6" x 9", 68 page staple bound vintage directory/ booklet issued by the church. In a city of many churches, Palm Valley Lutheran Church holds the distinction of being the oldest in Round Rock, with a history that reaches back to the 1850s and a historic sanctuary that is still filled with the faithful every Sunday. Palm Valley Lutheran was formally founded in November 1870 as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Brushy Church, though its founding congregants had been worshiping together for many years beforehand. The church, marked by a 96-foot-tall steeple, sits on a pretty site with mature trees and has a cemetery with graves dating to the 1800s. The early graves bear the names of some the church?s founding families who were from Sweden. The markers give not just the important dates of birth and death, but also the dates the individuals arrived in America. One tombstone marks the final resting place of Andrew John Nelson, born in Sweden in 1835, who arrived to the United States in 1854 and died in 1895. Church services were held in Swedish until 1928, when English was added. The Swedish-language services ended in 1941. The booklet is complete and in VERY GOOD condition with some overall wear.