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Do you(or have you) burgoo’d? It's been a big deal in LaSalle County for many years.
Amanda Carter, Museum Director for LaSalle County Historical Society, joined John Williams to talk about the 54th Annual Burgoo Festival on October 12 & 13 in Utica, IL. Established in 1969, the ...
UTICA - Burgoo. The name doesn't sound too appetizing. But on Oct. 8, the tasty pioneer stew by that name will draw as many as 30,000 people to the 38th annual Burgoo Festival held in this small ...
Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Thousands of visitors visited Utica, Ill., to share more than 200 gallons of stew during the 37th annual Burgoo Festival. The festival, which typically draws crowds of 30,000 to ...
UTICA, Ill.—A Fall tradition returns to the Village of Utica on Oct. 9 and 10, when the 51st Annual Burgoo Festival will be held. The festival will feature over craft and antique vendors ...
NORTH UTICA, ILL. -- "Originally it was what-you-could-catch-on-the-way-to-the-barn-raising," Sue Martyn of the LaSalle County Historical Society Museum says about "burgoo" -- the traditional pot ...
Then in September, the focus shifts to the Burgoo Festival. The latter has been around since 1994. “A group of individuals here in the county wanted a community event so that our community had ...
UTICA - Burgoo. The name doesn't sound too appetizing. But on Oct. 8, the tasty pioneer stew by that name will draw as many as 30,000 people to the 38th annual Burgoo Festival held in this small ...