In 1906, white residents of Cotter (Baxter County) expelled all of the town s Black population, save for a single family of three people. Although the catalyst for this expulsion was a fight between two Black men, local newspapers had been predicting, and even advocating for, such an expulsion long before that fracas occurred.
More than 4500 entrants defied the wet and windy weather to fondly embrace the seven events which featured as part the 59th year of the historic Red Stag Rotorua Marathon from Friday-Sunday 5-7 May. Including three brand new events – the Museum Mile .
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