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John Huddleston's big find

As Crater of Diamonds prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary as a state park later this month, my thoughts turn to John Wesley Huddleston. He was the struggling farmer who found two diamonds in a field near Murfreesboro in August 1906, a find that received national media attention and set off a diamond rush as fortune seekers headed to Pike County. ....

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Diamond in the rough

Murfreesboro Mayor Rodney Fagan and I pull into the parking lot of Crater of Diamonds State Park and begin looking at the license plates. In addition to the expected Texas and Louisiana plates, there are vehicles from Illinois and California. And it's not even spring break season yet. ....

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