The steeple doesn’t stand high on a ridge in southwestern Wisconsin, but Salem Evangelical Church steeple had proudly displayed since 1875 in a farming valley called Metzgar’s Valley near Norwalk, with a pasture full of cattle off to the left and surrounded by fields. Salem, meaning peace, has seen eight generations through its doors, arriving first by horses and later by automobiles, and at the end of their life, they may be laid to rest in the cemetery called Wanderers’ Rest. In 1968 the Evangelical United Brethren Church joined with the Methodist Church to form the United Methodist Church.
Peace In The Valley
