Elton Bible Conference

The Elton gathering ran through the 1915 holidays, opening on December 15, with Harvey Shearer, a pastor from Caldwell, Texas, in the chair. On December 19 the first message on baptism in Jesus' name was preached, and that day Shearer waded into a nearby lake with thirteen ministers and gospel workers behind him, among them Oliver Fauss and Robert LaFleur. Baptisms went on day and night, and nearly every minister present took part. Churches across northwestern Louisiana and most of East Texas held their own soon after.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Coushatta Powwow and Koasati Heritage Day — 8.4 mi
  The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana's annual powwow and its free Koasati Heritage Day, held at the tribe's resort in Kinder.
• Prairie Acadian Cultural Center — 16 mi
  A National Park Service center in Eunice on the Cajun prairie, with exhibits on the Acadians who settled the prairies, a Courir de Mardi Gras display, free music and cooking demonstrations, and the shuttered Liberty Theatre nearby.
• Louisiana Oil and Gas Park — 16 mi
  The roadside park at Jennings where Louisiana's oil industry began in 1901, with a replica derrick, a pioneers' plaque and Gator Chateau.

More markers nearby

• The Coushatta People — 8.3 mi
• St. Paul Baptist Church — 9.0 mi
• Great Louisiana Maneuvers' Blue Army Headquarters — 9.2 mi
• Kinder, Louisiana — 9.2 mi