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Men share early history of Monroe area with students
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Times photo: Brian Gray Jack Oostdik, left, and Tom Osterday, right, show off a buffalo robe to students at Northside Elementary School Friday. The two visited the school to talk about life in the Monroe area in the early 1800s.
MONROE - Before streets, before houses, before schools and before Monroe became a city there were trees, rivers and open ground.