Why was John Johnson dug up in 1974 from the old soldiers home graveyard in Los Angeles, California, and reburied in Cody, Wyoming? William Gross Via the Internet After the movie Jeremiah Johnson came out in 1972, John “Liver Eating” Johnson was “rediscovered” by a junior high teacher in Lancaster, California, who didn’t think the old mountain man would have appreciated being buried near the freeway. Seventh grade teacher Tri Robinson initiated a class project in 1974 to move Johnso


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