I don't know about anyone else, but I sure wouldn't want the job of digging ANYWHERE within the Jefferson Proving Grounds! BOOM! Rich Green Historic Archaeological Research 4338 Hadley Court West Lafayette, IN 47906 Office: (765) 464-8735 Mobile: (765) 427-4082 www.har-indy.com ----- Original Message ----- From: pagharris@sbcglobal.net To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:08 PM Subject: [INPCRP] Cemetery removal Thought you might find this of interest. Madison, IN May 28, 1941, News-Dispatch, Michigan City, IN Begin Removal of 1,700 in Cemeteries The task of digging up 1,700 corpses, moving them and then burying them again, all in six weeks, is under way. The Jefferson County Re-Interment Assn. took up the job yesterday at the army's 60,000 acre Jefferson ordnance proving ground north of here. The association has a$106,425 contract to remove the bodies from seven cemeteries inside the area. ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== This list is for discussion of topics related to the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project only. Please do not send genealogical queries through this list. The surname and geographic Mailing Lists on Rootsweb at http://lists.rootsweb.com are a better venue. Thank you.