November 10, 1908 - Gideons International Places First Bible (Copy)

In 1898, two traveling salesmen, Samuel Hill and John Nicholson, met in Boscobel, Wisconsin. The men became close and began to plan what would become Gideons International. What began in a hotel room in the late 1800s has grown into an international organization committed to spreading the Gospel of Christ around the world. On November 10, 1908, the men placed their first Gideon Bible in the Superior Hotel in Iron Mountains, Montana.