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William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s who later became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sunday

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The story of the Sundays' ranch near Odell, Oregon:
"Colorful evangelist William Ashley "Billy" Sunday and his wife Helen—usually called "Ma" or "Nell"—owned a farm in Oregon's Hood River Valley from 1909 to 1937. As the most popular American evangelist of the early 1900s, Sunday aimed his revivals at common folk, but he gained satisfaction and financial rewards from mingling with business and social elites.

After a difficult childhood in rural Iowa, Sunday played major league baseball before crusading against sinners, radicals, foreigners, booze, and evolution in a style notable for its athleticism and colloquialisms...[etc.]
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Another view of the house with the Sundays in front:
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Stunning contrast. Wonderful shot.

William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s who later became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sunday

Wikipedia on Billy Sunday, an "American athlete who, after being a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century."

That's Helen Amelia "Nell" Thompson Sunday (1868-1957), a prominent speaker in her own right: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Thompson_Sunday She outlived all four of their children (who died, variously, by automobile accident in 1938, pneumonia in 1932, plane crash in 1944, and suicide in 1932).

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