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This
is the only picture we have so far of where the Wash House or Summer
Kitchen may have been located. Mr. Zimmerman, a previous owner, said
the flower garden is where the building resided.
The garage can be seen on the right.
This area is along Ridge Avenue. |
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September
26, 1999 photo of the same area. They may seem too far back but the
plan is to work towards the left side of photo. |
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11, 1999 - Work begins in the area along Ridge Ave between the house
and garage. This suspicious location is chosen first. The vegetation
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If
nothing shows up in this area they will move closer to the house. |
| September
26, 1999 |
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significant is found except a full plate broken into a million pieces. |
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Preparing
another section. |
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The
evenings are getting darker sooner. Therefore, you will find the
archaeologists working only on the weekends. |
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| October
3, 1999
The next dig area is laid out. We are bound and determined to
find where the washhouse / summer kitchen was located. |
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This
was interesting. The clay sub soil was at a predictable depth until
this area. It began sloping down into an apparent hole filled with
top soil. The holes go farther than your arm can reach.
There may have been a tree in this area. |
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During
the October 10 Open House Doug Stine was on hand to talk and answer
questions about the museum archaeology dig.
The ground was too wet to dig so he resorted to cleaning the artifacts. |
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MAJOR DISCOVERY
October 26, 1999
While excavating for the new sidewalk, many artifacts began
surfacing. |
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When the archaeologist learned of this, they began exploring a little
deeper in the new walk area and discovered a corner of a foundation. |
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Bonnell and Doug Stine quickly get to work. They want to establish
as much as possible before work continues on new sidewalk.
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Corner of foundation is revealed.
Part of this could be an interior wall. They will dig out on each
side to determine direction. |
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