1912 Eureka Springs Camp Meeting

"The annual interstate convention or encampment of the Churches of God in Christ of the Apostolic Faith people met on schedule time at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, July 10, and closed with joy on July 21.” Over “500 [people] were in attendance” at a meeting that birthed the Churches of God in Christ, and “the attendance far surpassed that of one year ago at the same place."
 
“Glory and Unity at the Eureka Springs Camp,” Word and Witness, August 20, 1912, 1-2. 

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Description: Tri-State Camp Meeting at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, July 25, 1912; large group photo taken in a natural amphitheater. Some identified.

First row: Myrtle Corbell (1st row, left, about 5 to left of baby carriage; she is holding a little girl with a bow in her hair & there is a young boy standing in front of her); Miss ___ Wooten (front row, center, in white dress, holding a Bible); Bill Hall (front row, right; 2 to right of Miss Wooten; he is holding his son, Naaman Hall); Ellen Hall (front row, right of Bill Hall; holding her son, Billy Hall);
Second row: S. N. Hall (2nd row, left, just above lady with a baby carriage he has a dark suit and is holding a child); Miss Hughes (later Mrs. S. N. Hall) (2nd row, to right of S. N. Hall; she is also holding a child); Mrs. Blanche Giles (2nd row, center, holding a Bible, just above Miss Wooten); William E. Giles (2nd row, right of wife; holding baby Pauline Giles); Alpha E. Humbard (2nd row, right of William Giles); George Lee Hall (2nd row, right of A. E. Humbard); John H. James (2nd row, right of George Lee Hall);
Third row: Hardy Mitchell (far left, between 2nd & 3rd row, wearing a white shirt); Efton Wiley (3rd row, 7 from far left, wearing a white shirt); Jo Ellen Wiley (child, 3rd row, right of Efton Wiley); Philip Wiley (child; 3rd row, right of Jo Ellen Wiley); Opal Wiley (3rd row, right of Philip Wiley); Willard Pope (3rd row, very center); Mr. _____ Wood (white-headed man with beard in 3rd row, to the right of Willard Pope); Ida Collins (3rd row, 6th from far right); A. P. Collins (3rd row, right of his wife); I. N. Watson (3rd row, 2 from far right);
Fourth row: 'Mother' Mary Arthur (4th row, very far left; holding out a Bible);
Fifth row: Fred Wilson (5th row, 3rd from far right);
Sixth row: J. W. Welch (top row, 3 to right of tall man in center); W. T. Gaston (top row, 2 to right of J. W. Welch); J. A. Corbell (top row, 6 to right of W. T. Gaston).

​E. N. Bell, D. C. O. Opperman, Howard Goss, M. M. Pinson, and Frank Anderson, although present for the meeting, do not appear to be pictured in this large group photograph.