No archaeology has been done on this but there was the short lived 1932
shantytown in Washington D.C. where Roosevelt loosed the troops on the WWI
vets.  One of many time US troops have been used against US citizens.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/11/AR2006111101102_pf.html

Smoke

On 6/24/08, Webb, Paul (Chapel Hill,NC-US) <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> See
>
> https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=dsaitta
>
> for info on Dean Saitta's work there.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> David Legare
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hoovervilles and Shantytowns
>
> That event was known as the Ludlow Massacre.  It occured in 1901 near
> Pueblo.  The event drew national attention to the conditions of the
> miners.  A direct result of the event was the creation of the Squirrel
> Creek Campground (!st public campgroun in Forest Service) on the San
> Isabel NF to give city-bound (Pueblo) workers a place for rest and
> relaxation.   Colorado OAHP has the records.
>
>
> --- On Tue, 6/24/08, geoff carver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > From: geoff carver <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Hoovervilles and Shantytowns
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 1:27 PM
> > Years ago there was something about an excavation in one of
> > the strikers'
> > tent villages up near one of the coal fields in Colorado
> > (?), recently
> > depicted (in part) in Pynchon's "Against the
> > day"; someone here should
> > remember
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> > I am trying to compile a comparative study for a research
> > design about
> > an early 20th century hooverville (or shantytown
>
>
>
>


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