Posted on 09/07/2013 9:48:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
I grew up in Pantego and always heard about a buried steam locomotive in Village Creek. Right there at Green Oaks and Highway 80/Lancaster in the bottoms. Someone had done some sonar or whatever on the area of the wreck and found a HUGE piece of metal underneath the creek. The owners of the line, I think U.P. will not under any circumstances let anyone dig there because of the communication lines running along the track.
ok found it:
...so with the help of extended family, friends and money borrowed from the bank, they built a 35,000-square-foot museum for less than half a million dollars with the can-do entrepreneurial spirit that characterizes the entire enterprise. And they did it without any state or federal support, something they are proud of.
I highlighted the key phrase that I took away. Not bad... 80,000 visitors/year... any freepers going through the area should stop by.
There are many, many, photographs of the artifacts (even the mule skeleton was conserved) at this webite:
Let’s not miss the major point about the academics and professional in this field—it’s all about the money.
They hate it that they missed out on possible millions in government funding to a bunch of amateurs who built a musesum out of love for the Arabia and its treasures they developed while doing the dig.
They built it for less and are exhibiting their finds via private enterprise.
And the museum might actually make them some money for their hard work and faith.
Man, you know the academics hate that.
Amazing story. Quite a find.
my FIL went there last year and said it was AMAZING
We are going to go on our next trip up to KS
it seems well worth the visit
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