Episode 89 - Lincoln Park & the Old City Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois

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In episode 87 Jennie and Dianne talked briefly about the Potter's Field that used to exist where a baseball field is now in Chicago's Lincoln Park. In this episode they delve deeper into the City Cemetery, why the city decided it should be dismantled and what happened to those who originally called Chicago's first city cemetery their final resting place. Join them for the Ordinary Extraordinary story of burial, disease, drama and fire on this episode of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery.

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