American Caravan - Searcher's Tale

The Searchers' Tale:
Family historians and relatives help to search for the burial site and remains of Sister Mary Alphonsa Thompson.

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1.John Bernard Thompson [1841-1910] brother of Sister Mary Alphonsa Thompson, SL who passed the story down to his grandchildren.

2. Edgar Thomas Thompson [1873-1955] nephew of Sister Mary Alphonsa Thompson

3. Winifred Thompson Johnson [1906-1990] great-niece of Sister Mary Alphonsa Thompson.

4. Alice Anne Thompson, great-great niece of Sister Mary Alphonsa Thompson seated, "Point of Rocks" a major geological marker along the Santa Fe Trail in Finney County, Kansas.

5. Searcher Tim Wenzl, standing in dry bed of Arkansas River in Finney County, Kansas.

6.Grave dowsers investigate field south of "Point of Rocks" for the location of burial sites.

7.Searchers, including GPR experts investigate the study area south of "Point of Rocks."