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Tidioute Pageant Highlights Sesqui Centenn ial Days
A Tidioute pageant titled The Favored Valley showcases the town’s history from native times to raft era and oil boom. Henry W. Fuellhart narrates Spirit of the Hills as scenes depict Col. Proctor and Chief Corn planter, early settlers Charity Gilson McGuire, raft harbor life, the first oil well, Economyites settlement, Ben Hogan episode, and the 1862 borough incorporation under Burgess Frank E. Kapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tidioute
Helen C. Morrow
Richard Rapp
Henry W. Fuellhart
Harmony Society
Economites
Ben Hogan
French Kate
Luther Green
Burgess
Frank E. Kapp