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unusual facts about Charter Oak


Charter Oak, California

Charter Oak Gymnastics has been a U.S. National Team training center since 1989, and has produced many elite athletes, including national champion Vanessa Atler and Olympian Jamie Dantzscher.


King Philip's War

The legend of Connecticut's Charter Oak stems from the belief that a cavity within the tree was used in late 1687 as a hiding place for the colony's charter as Andros tried unsuccessfully to revoke its charter and take over the militia.


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Erasmus Darwin Hudson

He was co-editor of The Charter Oak, published in Hartford, Connecticut, serving from 1838–41.

Jim Criner

He began his career as an assistant to Jim Hanifan at Charter Oak High School (1963), and then was an assistant under head coach Leonard Cohn at Claremont High School (1964) and then was head coach at Clovis High School.

Rulon Davis

After graduating high school at Charter Oak High School Davis joined the United States Marines for three years, serving in the Iraq War.