Star City Baptism

Pleasant Springs Baptist Church baptizing at “The Black Gnat [or “Knat”] Hole,” about ten miles southeast of Star City (Lincoln County); circa 1920s.

Group portrait white men and women standing in river with onlookers on tree-lined riverbank

Courtesy of Carolyn Tucker

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Type

Event

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