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Noah Earnest was a successful farmer and landowner who lived in Pike Township. He was born there in 1850 and lived there most of his life. He moved into Mount Vernon after he retired, and passed away there in 1922.
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The 1896 property map for Pike Township shows the location of the school, which matches with the surviving designation for Four Corners. Property owners Squire Fletcher and Noah Earnest both had farms in the district.
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The only feature on the ground still holding the name of Four Corners is this cemetery on Frasher Road, near the Four Corners intersection, though not actually at it.
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History Knox reader Aaron Young sent in this photo of a souvenir bookmark very similar to the one featured in last week’s column. It was given out at the Four Corners School in Pike Township.
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