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'''John Lewis Dyer''' (March 16, 1812 - June 16, 1901) was for some four decades a pioneering [[Methodist Episcopal Church|Methodist Episcopal]] itinerant preacher, first in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Minnesota]], and then in the mining camps and other communities of his adopted U.S. state of [[Colorado]]. In Colorado he became known as '''Father Dyer''', because of his age, relative to the young prospectors.<ref>[http://www.fatherdyer.org/history.html Father Dyer Church website], accessed 1 Nov. 2014.</ref> He is considered one of the sixteen principal 19th century founders of Colorado.

'''John Lewis Dyer''' (March 16, 1812 - June 16, 1901) was for some four decades a pioneering [[Methodist]] Episcopal itinerant preacher, first in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Minnesota]], and then in the mining camps and other communities of his adopted U.S. state of [[Colorado]]. In Colorado he became known as '''Father Dyer''', because of his age, relative to the young prospectors.<ref>[http://www.fatherdyer.org/history.html Father Dyer Church website], accessed 1 Nov. 2014.</ref> He is considered one of the sixteen principal 19th century founders of Colorado.

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