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The Spring Creek Cemetery

Posted on May 28, 2021 by skip

by Jeanine Buettner
nammy@montanasky.com

The Spring Creek Cemetery first opened in 1895 on the site of the Spring Creek Methodist Church. The church and cemetery were established by Mr. John Milton Eastland. Mr. Eastland was not an educated man, but old-timers here in the valley remember him as a good gospel singer and a talented speaker.

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