MAY 20 - 26, 1985 THE CITIZEN
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The ex vation p y pent
hour digging in heavy
clay soil covered with 16 inche
of top il. 'It's th hardest
ground I ever dug," he aid.
By the end of the day, they
h d few bent shovels and
re muscle but h d found
no sign of the dead olider.
doe not intend to
yet, but the time is
out for him. Th
the land plans
corn on the
COVERT - Covert
School ocial tudie teach r
Thoma Greiffendorf pent part
of hi r cent pring va tion
ielding a pickaxe and shovel,
trying to di up a littl histor
250 mile from his Grand
Junction home.
While visiting his inola in
oc ford Illinoi Greiffendorf
or ne tory about
If- yled historian who planned
to dig for th rem in of on of
12 m ric n ldier ho died
in the 81 c Hawk War of 1832.
The I t turd y of hr
rumor has survived for decade
- that his b dy i buried in
smal plot in an unplo ed c rn­
fi,.ld Greiffendort said.
to find h t
historic
. ational
Places.
One interesting historical
footnote i th t he burl site
of Elli and his fello oldier
were vi . ted by three m n he
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