SPLENDID SIGHTS AMONG US Unique landmarks dot region's landscape: There's no bull like Gilboa's bull.

From: Lima News (Lima, OH) | Date: March 26, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: David Trinko

Mar. 26--Mike Leach always gets a chuckle from people when he talks about the local landmark he helped bring to Gilboa.

"A friend and I each gave $1,000," said Leach, of Glandorf. "The next day, Peter Diller went out and bought that big 12-foot-tall bull. I'm not sure anyone knows why he chose a bull, except it was available. I used to say my friend, Vera Wehrley, owned the front end, and I owned the back end."

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