The Little Brown Church in the Vale - music video by Jack Norton

A Miracle? A Coincidence? Or Just A Good Song? [VIDEO]

Do you know the story of the Little Brown Church in the Vale – also known as the Church in the Wildwood?

Lemme tell you the tale, real quick like. The year is 1857. A fella named Dr. William S. Pitts is traveling through Nashua, Iowa and sees a spot that he thinks would be perfect for a church. Now, this is just an old patch of wildwood trees, but he “sees” a little brown church. He takes his buggy back home to Wisconsin, writes a tune about the vision he had. Puts the tune away in an old drawer. Forgets about it.

10 years go by.

He’s traveling back through Nashua, Iowa – and there, in the exact spot he “saw” a non-existent church. Is a church. It’s little. It’s brown. It’s in the exact patch of old wildwood trees. Just like the song he wrote 10 years earlier.

So was it a miracle? A coincidence? Or just a good song? Drop me a line and lemme know your thoughts: jackandkittyxo@gmail.com

Today you can visit the Little Brown Church, stop and pray. Sing a song. Tell a joke. Have a picnic. Whatever you want. Here’s what me and Kitty did…



Thanks for visiting. More tunes soon (if the good Lord’s willin’, and the creek don’t rise)!

Cheers,
Jack

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