Word: scrugham
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Nevada, Governor James Graves Scrugham reported having enlisted capital for continued excavations in "Pueblo Grande de Nevada," the pueblo cliff city eight miles long which he discovered personally last year and intends making into a state park. Some 50 of the 10,000 or more graves have been opened, containing corn, weapons, decorations and dice, dating (by estimate) to 5,000 B. C. Hard by the city is a turquoise mine. Some of the skeletons are gigantic...
...Nevada, along the Muddy River, extending for some six miles from St. Thomas to near Overton, was discovered the remains of a great Pueblo or rather pre-Pueblo, village. Governor Scrugham of that state, interested in archaeology, came across several historical references to a buried city. He organized an expedition under the scientific direction of Mr. M. R. Harrington of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (Manhattan). Last fall, the site of the buried city was found. Excavations undertaken by Mr. Harrington and Dr. Kidder of the Smithsonian Institution, and financed by the Heye Foundation, have indicated that...
...very dry region, points to great age. The village is farther to the north and west than other pueblos, and its age has been tentatively set at from 5,000 to 10,000 years - which makes it as old or older than the most ancient Egyptian tombs. Governor Scrugham has accepted the title of "Pueblo Grande de Nevada" for the buried city, and plans to convert it into a state park. Needless to say, the work of excavation has only begun...
...rare, in America, for a man to carry academic interests into politics, yet Governor Scrugham, a professor by occupation, has served science in politics...