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Centenary Corn Fest Recreates Charter Oak School History
The Randolph County Historical Society marks 100 years of Charter Oak School with a corn fest serving 1500 ears of corn and Indian pudding. Volunteers in French period dress celebrate the site’s past as a one room school built for 1000 dollars near Schuline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinoisan
Randolph County
Randolph County Historical Society
Charter Oak School
Schuline
Historical Society
Dee Dee Spurgeon
Chester
Society
Katie Fiene
Nellie Ohms
East St. Louis
North America
Fiene
Charter Oak
H. H. Heitman
Sparta
Daniel Ling