Churubusco, Indiana

Churubusco, Indiana is a wonderful small community set in a rural area. The town is made up of many older homes as well as newly designed housing developments. The town also has several apartment complexes. The people of Churubusco are friendly and courteous folk. As in the theme song from "Cheers", everyone knows your name.
In time of need, everyone pitches in and helps their fellow neighbors. as an example, in the summer of 1978, a treetop twister came roaring through town. Numerous trees were uprooted or torn apart, and within hours, with the help of a lot of volunteers, the trees were cleaned up and disposed of. Churubusco has a wonderful public safety crew. The town has a four member police department, providing around the clock protection.
The fire department is an all volunteer department, but they are equipped with the latest in firefighting equipment and gear. The EMS crew is also volunteer, but each member is highly trained and knowledgeable in handling emergency situations. The response time for all of these departments is very quick. Numerous lives and buildings have been saved due to these outstanding people.

In 1949, Churubusco attained worldwide attention when an enormous turtle was spotted at Fulk Lake. The owner of the lake was determined to trap the turtle and the hunt brought thousands of people to this tiny community in the hopes of seeing this monster. Reporters from all around the Midwest descended upon the town to try to get the scoop on the capture of "Oscar". Gail Harris, on whose farm the turtle was spotted, employed the aid of scuba divers, deep-sea gear, and even went as far as trying to pump the lake dry. But Mr. Harris fell upon ill health and was unable to get this goal achieved. Oscar was rumored to be at least the size of a car top. Oscar managed to elude all efforts to capture him (even bringing in a giant female sea turtle), and to this day his disappearance is still a mystery.
Oscar, however, does live on in memories, and is commemorated each year with a four day Turtle Days celebration. Thus, Churubusco is world renown as TURTLE TOWN, USA.

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