Lyman Anderson's master's thesis describes a very intriguing item at Hillcrest, the "graveyard."  In the center of the meadow is "a shallow excavation, thirty-five by one hundred feet. The Girl Scouts are determined to develop this spot into a campfire ground.  The excavation is now known as the 'graveyard' " (p. 45, A Study in Conservation Education through The Rehabilitation of School Owned Idle Lands).

J.J.  Kirby and I were camping out on the east side of the meadow, during the summer of probably 1955, 1956 or 1957.  We saw Mr. Anderson and several other people digging  length and width trenches in the mound to the west of the excavation.  I wish we had gone over to see exactly what they found.  Lane Anderson is keeping an eye out on his father's papers to see what record his Dad made of the dig.  Any of those who helped him, or any of the Girl Scouts who might know about this area are urged to let one of us know.

Lane did tell me that his Dad loved to "salt" the site before a Girl Scout campout.  The leaders of course knew that he had planted some items, and by the end of the campover the girls did too.

Harry Winter