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« on: November 20, 2011, 04:11:00 pm »
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AP)  BLUFFTON, Texas - Johnny C. Parks died two days before his first birthday more than a century ago. His grave slipped from sight along with the rest of the tiny town of Bluffton when Lake Buchanan was filled 55 years later.

Now, the cracked marble tombstone engraved with the date Oct. 15, 1882, which is normally covered by 20 to 30 feet of water, has been eerily exposed as a yearlong drought shrinks one of Texas' largest lakes.

Across the state, receding lakes have revealed a prehistoric skull, ancient tools, fossils and a small cemetery that appears to contain the graves of freed slaves. Some of the discoveries have attracted interest from local historians, and looters also have scavenged for pieces of history. More than two dozen looters have been arrested at one site.

"In an odd way, this drought has provided an opportunity to view and document, where appropriate, some of these finds and understand what they consist of," said Pat Mercado-Allinger, the Texas Historical Commission's archeological division director. "Most people in Texas probably didn't realize what was under these lakes."

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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2011, 04:29:05 pm »
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How did they ever get away with leaving those items in the lake to polute the water?Huh?? and desecrating a burial site,should of reburied the graves.that would be nice to drink the water with rust etc and body residue???

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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2011, 08:21:17 pm »
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Very interesting story!  Thanks for binging this to our attention.  Cool!    Detecting

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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2011, 08:47:34 pm »
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Nice read!. I remember in the 60s land being bought up and vacated for a lake in PA. Was used for a coal fired power plant. Keystone lake.  Saw a lot of vacated homes. Can't remember if they tore down the buildings or not.

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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2011, 10:10:29 pm »
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In the News they was Blasting about all of the Looters and other derogatory names they could place on Metal Detector folks.

They use that lake for drinking water!

LOL!  I wonder how essence of Grave Yard taste?

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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2011, 10:53:53 pm »
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sorry to say, Shortribs, But that is the way of the world. Planned lake beds are never "scoured" of residue, and due to poor record keeping or lost records of cemeteries or lone graves, these sites will be immersed. Think of the water itself. Some of the dihydrogen oxide molecules that we ingest have been here since the beginning. some are new. The reservoirs in Texas are stressed right now, but fortunately most municipalities are diligent in their filtering and sanitizing of our tap water across this country. Drink up!

homie... tastes like chlorine: beer is better, hope you got replenished 

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