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07/13/2004:

"Archaeologists unearth first town incorporated by African-American"

PIKE COUNTY, Ill. - (KRT) - The tale of a small Illinois town, extinct for nearly 100 years, is being rebuilt and retold piece by piece.

Last month, an archaeological team of 15 people from around the country finished the first of a three-phase excavation of a rolling farm field about 35 miles southeast of Quincy, Ill.

The team spent five weeks digging thousands of artifacts from the 42-acre prairie grass pasture once known as New Philadelphia - the first town in the United States incorporated by an African-American.

Full Article : kansascity.com