Matt, Please don't forget that an awful lot of horses (on the hoof) were butchered. By the turn of the century, the National City (East St. Louis, IL) stockyards had a DAILY capacity to slaughter 3,500 horses and mules, and in 1904, 700,000 horse and mules were processed through just this facility. I would assume that similar processes occurred with recently deceased horses in at least more urbanized settings, with the "knackerman" hauling many away for commercial disposal. Mark ___________________________________ Mark C. Branstner, RPA Historical Archaeologist Illinois State Archaeological Survey Prairie Research Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571 23 East Stadium Drive Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: 217.244.0892 Fax: 217.244.7458 Cell: 217.549.6990 [log in to unmask] "Mongo only pawn in game of life." Mongo. On 2/12/13 11:06 AM, "Julie Anidjar" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Check with the department of the US army. Perhaps all those forts in the >1800's may have had land allocated near them for this specific purpose ? > >Julie Anidjar > > >On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Donovan, Matt [DOT] < >[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> All: >> >> Good morning, does anyone have any good suggestions regarding literature >> regarding horse burials here in the Midwest? Are there such things as >> equestrian cemeteries, to be found here regionally? >> >> Thanks for any info, appreciated as always. >> >> -Matt >> >> Matthew J.F.Donovan, RPA >> Cultural Resources Project Manager >> Archaeologist / Historian >> Iowa Department of Transportation >> 515-239-1097 >> >> 'A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, >> but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.' ~Herm >> Albright >>