Mark J. Wagner, a researcher for Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Center for Archaeological Investigations, is leading the excavation of a site in Murphysboro where it is believed Gen. John A. Logan lived. In attendance will be archaeologists from SIUC, museum representatives, Murphysboro schoolteacher Mike Jones and his group of sixth-graders.
All media are welcome to attend.
In the event of rain, the event will take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3. We're going to try to uncover as much of the foundation of the house as we can. Mike Jones, a sixth-grade teacher at Murphysboro Middle School, is instilling his love of archaeology in the group. To unearth artifacts such as dishes that were used by the Logan family and that can be reconstructed to their original form. He hopes his efforts to discover the past will pay off with the eventual reconstruction of the Logan family house, which will then be open to the public and operated as an historic site.