Eppinger, Father Rudolph, Indianola, Texas, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1867 February 13

After great difficulties, at the end of three months, Eppinger has built a church at Indianola or Powderhorn . He collected $2,500; on the 27th the church will be blessed by Bishop Dubuis. Eppinger thanks Odin for the letter he wrote to Mrs. Blossman . He gathered together almost $500 at Port Lavaca ? Lavacca?. He hopes toward Easter to have a little chapel there. He decided not to go to New Orleans to collect but to ask Odin for Mass stipends. Indianola never having had a resident priest, the mission is difficult. But their church will be one of the finest in Texas. It is 70 by 29 by 16 feet, in the style of the Cathedral in Galveston. P.S. Mr. Casimir and Eppinger board together; he asks Eppinger to tell Odin many things. In his letter Odin is to say something which will make Casimir subscribe amply for their church. :: VI-2-m A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.