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Moses Merrill Baptist Camp

Coordinates: 41°22′16″N 97°59′06″W / 41.37111°N 97.98500°W / 41.37111; -97.98500
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Moses Merrill Baptist Camp
Moses Merrill Baptist Camp is located in Nebraska
Moses Merrill Baptist Camp
Moses Merrill Baptist Camp is located in the United States
Moses Merrill Baptist Camp
Locationnorthwest of Fullerton
Nearest cityFullerton, Nebraska
Coordinates41°22′16″N 97°59′06″W / 41.37111°N 97.98500°W / 41.37111; -97.98500
Area99 acres (40 ha)
Built1942
NRHP reference No.04000295[1]
Added to NRHPApril 14, 2004

The Moses Merrill Baptist Camp, near Fullerton, Nebraska, is a historic site dating to 1942. Also known as Broken Arrow Wilderness Area and Camp and denoted as NeHBS#NC00-002, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The listing included 24 contributing buildings and one contributing object (main entrance gate) on 99 acres (40 ha).[2] It was deemed significant for its association with religious history, being a summer camp site starting in 1942 for the Nebraska Baptist State Convention. In 2003, it was known as Broken Arrow Wilderness and Camp. It is located near the Cedar River.[2]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Greg Miller (November 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Moses Merrill Baptist Camp / Broken Arrow Wilderness Area and Camp; NeHBS #NCOO-002". National Park Service. and accompanying nine photos from 2003
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