250 Years of GREAT Moments for Geauga’s Chardon with Dr. Bari Oyler Stith

Celebrate America's 250th anniversary with a can't miss afternoon celebrating all things Chardon and Geauga County!

Dr. Bari Oyler Stith will cover several of the great moments from Chardon's history, including;

• Chardon, A Wilderness on a Hill
• Paine Migration
• 1816 Year Without a Summer
• Bear stories
• Becoming the County Seat and a Courthouse for Chardon
• A Hanging in Chardon
• Beginnings of the Great Geauga County Fair
• The Great Fire of 1868
• Eagles for the Centennials
• The Great Snow of 1913
• A Maple Festival for Chardon

Bari Oyler Stith, Ph.D., earned her doctorate in American Studies and MA in American Studies and Museum Studies from Case Western Reserve University, leading to specialties, presentations, and publication in 19th century American women, family, community, and education. She has worked actively in archival preservation, oral history, and exhibit development since beginning her public history career at Western Reserve Historical Society while she was a graduate student at CWRU.