In 1894, a huge Tulip Poplar tree was felled about 1½ miles south of this site. It measured 11 feet in diameter and 35 feet in circumference, and two six-foot saws were welded together to cut it. A four-foot log from the tree was transported to Chicago for exhibition at the 1893 Columbian World's Fair and Exposition, where it won a first prize. The main log from this tree supplied lumber to build the second Baptist Church house of Indian Creek and part of the Methodist Church. The first Baptist Church on this site was destroyed by fire in 1893, the second church house burned in 1921, and a third building was erected here.