Nebraska had long searched for this piece of its heritage.
For 184 years, it was lost. Then they found a metal military button— eventually, they’d find 39. Then glass trading beads—the first of 434. Then an early 1800s trigger guard, and then they knew: Nebraska investigators had found the 1819-’20 site of a very special winter camp that was named Engineer Cantonment.
The discovery in 2003 was so special, Nebraska State Archaeologist Gayle F. Carlson declared he could “die in peace, now that Engineer Cantonment has been found.”
By the time Carlson died in 2015, the nation knew how special this find was.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2019 من True West.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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