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Richland Township was the site of the National Corn Husking Contest in 1935, held four blocks west at Cobb Farms, where L.K. Mitchell and family served as hosts. Lawrence Pitzer of Fountain County represented Indiana there and later became national champion in 1939. The 1935 champion was Elmer Carlson of Iowa.
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