A historical dig was done at Yuma Territorial Prison in Wellton this week. What lies beneath: A disastrous flood on February 12, 1931, caused Coyote Wash to overflow its banks south of Wellton.
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@stratahistory.bsky.socialA historical dig was done at Yuma Territorial Prison in Wellton this week. What lies beneath: A disastrous flood on February 12, 1931, caused Coyote Wash to overflow its banks south of Wellton.
@stratahistory.bsky.socialA historical dig was done at Centralia in Township of Conyngham this week. What lies beneath: Alexander Rae, the mining engineer and founder of Centralia, was shot and killed in his buggy by members of the Molly Maguires labor organization.
@stratahistory.bsky.socialA historical dig was done at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood this week. What lies beneath: Henry Weston Smith, the first Christian minister in the Black Hills, was murdered on his way to deliver a sermon in Crook City on August 20, 1876.
@stratahistory.bsky.socialA historical dig was done at The Clink in London this week. What lies beneath: Prisoners in the Clink died from torture, sickness, and starvation.
@stratahistory.bsky.socialA historical dig was done at Mercer House in Savannah this week. What lies beneath: On May 2, 1981, Danny Hansford was shot and killed at 429 Bull Street by Jim Williams.
@stratahistory.bsky.socialRevolutionaries tore down the statue of Louis XV and melted it for scrap. Louis XVI
was executed here on 21 January 1793. Marie Antoinette followed that October. Between 1793 and 1795, 1,119 people were guillotined at this spot.
@stratahistory.bsky.socialA historical dig was done in Charleston this week. What lies beneath: The 1886 Charleston earthquake severely damaged the old jail at 21 Magazine Street.
