John Lewis Dyer

"Father" Dyer
"Father" Dyer
"Father" Dyer
Born
John Lewis Dyer

(1812-03-16)March 16, 1812
DiedJune 16, 1901(1901-06-16) (aged 89)
NationalityAmerican
Other names"Father" Dyer
OccupationMinister
Years active1861—1890
Notable workThe Snow-Shoe Itinerant

John Lewis Dyer (1812-1901), "The Snowshoe Itinerant," was a circuit rider, that is, a preacher who rode from one church to the next. He was a Methodist.

Biography

"Father" Dyer preached in saloons.

Dyer was born in Franklin County, Ohio, spending most his early years in Illinois. He had little formal education and in 1833, married Harriet Foster, moving his family to Wisconsin to work in the lead mines. Sadly, Harriet died when she was 35, and Dyer was left with their five children. After their mother-named infant daughter Harriet died soon after, Dyer chose to become a Methodist minister. He became a circuit rider, riding from town to town as he was needed for funerals, sermons, and weddings.[1]

Dyer's circuit in Wisconsin and Minnesota covered a large area, and required travel through winter storms and extensive snow. Norwegian immigrants in Minnesota taught Dyer how to make skis to traverse the snow more efficiently.[1]

Walking most of the way, he moved to Colorado in 1859, as he had a life-long desire to see Pikes Peak. In what are now Lake, Summit, and Park counties, he was appointed an itinerant preacher to the mining camps.[2]

"Father" Dyer hiked through blizzards and dealt with wild animals to reach remote mining towns, preaching in saloons, tents and on street corners. At times, miners put gold dust in the offering plate, as most were too poor to give actual cash.[3]

A new challenge faced Dyer in Colorado mining towns. The rough-and-tumble residents spent a much of their free time drinking and gambling in saloons. Thus Dyer felt his preaching was sorely needed. In many towns he set up churches, including one in Breckenridge that still holds services today: Father Dyer United Methodist Church. As he had once worked in mines, Dyer understood the hard lives of miners.[1] Dyer's life as a minister was far from easy, and he made little money on his circuit. To make more he started carrying mail between Alma and Leadville when traveling over Mosquito Pass.[4]

Wearing 10-foot "snowshoes" (really Norwegian skis), he would cross Mosquito Pass, which is 13,188 feet (4,020 m) high, leaving in the evening, so the snow was frozen and easier to cross. Atop Mosquito Pass are two memorials bearing his name.[5] Dyer became quite well-known and was affectionately nicknamed "Father Dyer" despite the fact that Methodist ministers were not called "Father".[1]

Dyer bought property in Breckenridge next to the county courthouse on French Street, and with his own money, began to build a chapel. This chapel was 50 feet (15 m) by 25 feet (7.6 m), with a ceiling that was 16 feet (4.9 m) high. On August 22, 1880, at 68, he conducted the first service to be held in a church on Colorado's Western Slope.[2]

Lucinda Rankin was a widow who lived near Castle Rock. In 1870, she and "Father" Dyer married. For fifteen years until Dyer could no longer travel on his circuit, Lucinda joined Dyer in Summit County. When "Father" Dyer was 73, he and Lucinda moved to Denver where he wrote and published his autobiography, The Snow-Shoe Itinerant. Father Dyer died in 1901 at the age of 89, but in Colorado, he left a rich legacy.

Legacy

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "John Lewis Dyer: The Snowshoe Itinerant". Colorado Virtual Library. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  2. ^ a b c d Father Dyer United Methodist Church. "History". Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  3. ^ "Methodist History: Circuit Rider on Skis". April 4, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  4. ^ a b Henderson, Shawna (February 18, 2018). "Colorado Escapist: In the ski tracks of a Breckenridge legend at the Father Dyer Postal Race". Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  5. ^ "Rev. John L Dyer - Mosquito Pass - Leadville, CO, USA - Etched in Stone on Waymarking.com".
  6. ^ "South Park City - 1 Dyer Memorial Chapel". southparkcity.snappages.site. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  7. ^ "Father Dyer Campground".
  8. ^ "Campground Father Dyer".

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