Published by admin on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 8:45am
ELDORA – Not quite 10 years ago, staff at the State Training School enlisted the students in a Memorial Day project rejuvenating an almost forgotten graveyard on the school grounds.
Restoring the site unearthed some life stories right out of your Charles Dickens reader.
None was better than that of Roscoe Schaul:
In true Dickens form, a boy dies and nobody claims him. For a time, burial is a problem. Finally he is borne by a team of horses and a wagon, across 100 miles of dirt roads.
He’s put to rest and Roscoe Schaul lapses into obscurity.
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