First Gideon Bible
About the history of the first Gideon Bible.
UNUSUAL FIRSTS
THE FIRST GIDEON BIBLE
Members of Gideons International, a laymen's organization formed in 1899, placed its first Bible in a room at the Superior Hotel in Iron Mountain, Mont., on Nov. 10, 1908. Since then, they have been responsible for distributing Bibles to prisons, hospitals, and schools, as well as motels and hotels.
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