Sharon, It was not strange that it appeared. You asked and I live 6 miles from there. A monument to these victims of Indian warfare stands today on Fosterburg Road across from Alton State Hospital grounds. Fosterburg Road runs off of highway 140 just east of Alton Mr. Edward S. Stobbs has one of the old muskets used in killing the Indians during the Wood River Massacre. The gun was owned by Wiley Pruitt who lived a mile southeast of present day Bethalto. The gun was made in England, and was used during the Revolutionary War. The barrel of the gun is still quite long, although it has been sawed off twice. At the site of the massacre, a monument was placed in memory of those killed. Ellie See the following links _http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/transac tions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.html_ (http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/transactions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.ht ml) _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html)