Yesterday while I was browsing through a few newspaper folders at the archives where I work, I discovered an 1854 issue of the Pittsburgh Christian Advocate, the official newspaper of the Methodist Episcopal denomination that covered western Pennsylvania, western Virginia (now West Virginia) and Eastern Ohio. Being very familiar with Methodist history in W. Pa., my interest was piqued to browse the issue because there certainly would be something in the paper that would be cool to read. I got to the bottom of page 2 and there it was--a notice of Josiah B. Grinnell's adventure in the west and the formation of Grinnell, Iowa. Many of members of the Grinnell clan will remember that it was Horace Greeley that said, "Go west young man" to Josiah B. Grinnell. Interesting that a notice about the activity of a Congregationalist minister would be covered in this western Methodist newspaper!
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