SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A recent archaeological field school at Missouri State University (MSU) found what they call a “momentous archaeological discovery at one of its properties,” according to an MSU news release.
The release says in May, undergraduate students participated in a three-week field school led by the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR).
During fieldwork at the Darr Agricultural Center, they discovered the foundation remains of one of Springfield’s earliest homesteads — the William Townsend house, built in the 1830s…