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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 8, 2022
Caption: Coffin Containing the Remains of Squire Boone.
Additional Description: Squire Boone died of congestive heart failure, at age 70, on August 5, 1815 and was buried per his request in the cave on his property in Harrison County, Indiana. The cave was sealed by his sons and his remains were left undisturbed for many years; but in the mid-20th century, relic hunters began taking parts of his coffin and even some of his bones. The cave eventually was brought under local guardianship and became a commercial attraction (Squire Boone Caverns) with guided tours. In 1973, his remains were removed from the cave and placed into a new coffin built by employees of the cave and reburied in a recessed part of the cave, where it resides today, at the end of the tour of Squire Boone Caverns. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squire_Boone
Submitted: September 4, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p676366
File Size: 2.096 Megabytes

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