Old West New West Magazine – Your Travel & History Guide for Western Adventures. Enjoy Travel Tips, Discounts, Specials, Restaurant Reviews, National Park Information and Much More… http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/history-of-the-west/new-mexico/feed/atom.html 2012-02-09T21:02:06Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management 2008-08-30T20:14:21Z 2008-08-30T20:14:21Z http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/2008083078/history-of-the-west/new-mexico/covert-federal-effort-rescues-remains-of-army-indian-wars-graves-from-further-looting.html Mike Harris Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Mention grave robbers and many people think about Egypt's ancient desert tombs being looted. But mention grave robbers to two of the federal government's top archeologists in the West and they will tell you about the looting that took place in recent times at the almost forgotten military cemetery at New Mexico's Civil War-era Fort Craig.<br /><br />The archeologists, Jeff Hanson and Mark Hungerford with the Bureau of Reclamation, spoke with OldWestNewWest.Com about a covert effort that began in 2007 to exhume as many bodies as they could find at the post cemetery after the agency was tipped off to looting that had taken place, possibly even as recent as a few years ago.<br />

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Mention grave robbers and many people think about Egypt's ancient desert tombs being looted. But mention grave robbers to two of the federal government's top archeologists in the West and they will tell you about the looting that took place in recent times at the almost forgotten military cemetery at New Mexico's Civil War-era Fort Craig.<br /><br />The archeologists, Jeff Hanson and Mark Hungerford with the Bureau of Reclamation, spoke with OldWestNewWest.Com about a covert effort that began in 2007 to exhume as many bodies as they could find at the post cemetery after the agency was tipped off to looting that had taken place, possibly even as recent as a few years ago.<br />