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1898

The Gideon Bible Inception

In 1898, two traveling salesmen sharing a crowded hotel room in Boscobel came up with the idea for an association of Christian businessmen, formally organized in Janesville the next year. That group, the Gideons, went on to place Bibles in hotel rooms around the world.

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