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The Buried City of Moberly, Missouri

"The Most Startling Discovery of the Age Made by Citizens of Moberly, Randolph County, Mo. While Sinking a Shaft for Coal Mining. A Veritable Pompeii 360 Feet Below the Earth’s Surface Containing Unquestionable Evidence of Human Habitation. Statuary, Utensils, Table, Skilled Masonry, Etc., Attest a Remote But Advanced Age of Civilization. A Human Skeleton of Mammoth Size Discovered. A County Recorder, City Marshall and Other Prominent Citizens Pay a Visit to the Wonderful Subterranean City."
  • ​Text from "A Lost City" (The Evening Chronicle, St. Louis, Missouri, 4/8/1885)

Blog Posts and Articles
  • "More Retractions from the 1885 Hoax of a Buried City Under Moberly, Missouri" (Andy White, 5/16/2015)
  • "Was the "Buried City" Under Moberly, Missouri, an April Fool's Joke?" (Andy White, 4/1/2015)
  • "Forgotten History Around Moberly: Moberly's Ancient Underground City - Part 1 of 5"  (D. Craig Asbury)
  • "Forgotten History Around Moberly: Moberly's Ancient Underground City - Part 2 of 5" (D. Craig Asbury)
  • "Forgotten History Around Moberly: Moberly's Ancient Underground City - Part 3 of 5" (D. Craig Asbury)
  • "Forgotten History Around Moberly: Moberly's Ancient Underground City - Part 4 of 5" (D. Craig Asbury)
  • "Forgotten History Around Moberly: Moberly's Ancient Underground City - Part 5 of 5" (D. Craig Asbury)

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