Grace sits on a short track and is protected from the weather .
1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco to be placed on display and seen by thousands of visitors . Following the Exposition the chapel car spent a number of years in areas of California populated by railroad workers , lumbermen , oilmen , and members of the military . In 1923 Grace traveled to Las Vegas where she remained for two years before moving on to communities in California , Utah , and Wyoming .
The End of the Track
During WWII Grace visited southern Utah to offer religious services to war plant employees .
At war ’ s end the plants closed and missionaries were able to travel by car on improved roads resulting in little need for Grace or the other chapel cars . By then many new churches had been constructed and chapel cars were serving mostly as living quarters for their missionaries , not as places of worship . In 1946 the American Baptist Assembly in Green Lake , Wisconsin , decided to establish a memorial to honor the work of chapel cars and their missionaries . Assembly members wanted an actual car for the memorial and made a special request for Grace . After 31 years of service , Grace was moved to what is now Green Lake Conference Center , where she is open to the public and still used , on occasion , for services . TS
David and Kay Scott are authors of “ Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges ” ( Globe Pequot ).
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