Hidden Chicago: A mass grave

More than 20,000 burials took place in the southern end of Lincoln Park in the 1840s. When the land became a park, most of the remains were removed, but many believe thousands of bodies are still buried underground.

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One tomb remains in the park, that of hotelier Ira Couch.

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