The site serves each summer as a field school for Kennisaw State college students who work to uncover the history of the community, the first platted by an African-American.
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Kennesaw State University senior Sedrie Hart stands at a screen picking out pieces of grass from clumps of soil.
“The hardest part is trying to screen sod. It’s really difficult … but once you get past the sod, the soil’s been real good. It goes right through the screen,” Hart said.
But the rewards of breaking sod and battling the elements at the New Philadelphia field school are more than worth it.
Hart and eight other college students from across the country spend five weeks at the site near Barry, then will move Saturday to the Illinois State Museum for five weeks analyzing their finds.
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