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Article: YELLOW BRICK ROAD LEADS TO CHESTERTON

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September 15, 1988
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Welcome to the Emerald City. No, Toto, this isn't Kansas. It's Northwest Indiana. But it is the home of the largest "Wizard of Oz" celebration in the nation.

Wait a minute, you're saying. I know the movie. Dorothy. Toto. Auntie Em. It takes place in Kansas, 500 miles to the southwest.

True enough. But when the first of three days of festivities get started Friday, it is an Indiana town that will be transformed into the Land of Oz, not any town in Kansas.

There are a couple of reasons that Chesterton managed to steal the Wizard of Oz from Kansas. Both of them curious, if not entertaining. So put on your ruby slippers, my ...

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