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Elizabeth Polly
Elizabeth Polly (?-1867) was a hospital matron at Fort Hays, Kansas, during the cholera outbreak of 1867 and died of the disease, and it is said that her ghost is still seen walking the area.
==History==
She was the young wife of Ephriam Polly, the hospital steward, or male nurse, during the cholera epidemic at Fort Hays in 1867. Elizabeth was the hospital matron who helped sick and dying soldiers deal with what were, for many, the final hours of their lives. In the evening she would often walk to the hill south of the fort, now known as Sentinel Hill, where she is said to have found some comfort and spiritual healing.
When it was apparent that she had contracted the disease herself, she pleaded with her husband to bury her on top of the hill and she was indeed buried on the hill, though not at the top. According to the legend, her gravesite was marked with four heavy limestone posts. These posts were stolen by thieves in the early days of Hays, Kansas. The legend claims that tragedy found each of the thieves in the hours after the theft: one felled in a gunfight, two killed in a carriage accident, and the other hit by a train.
Sadly, due to the thefts, her exact gravesite has long been lost. Some contend that the grave found at the base of the hill was not Polly's, being instead that of a Mexican cattleman, based on the marker's Spanish inscription. In fact the "Lonely Grave," as it is called, may not be an actual burial site at all, as no remains were found in attempts to fulfill Miss Polly's wishes by moving her to the top of the hill. The actual Sentinel Hill is completely made of bedrock, making it a highly unlikely burial ground. Multiple attempts to locate her exact burial site have been made, and surprisingly, multiple bodies have been exhumed, but none was conclusively shown to be that of Elizabeth Polly.
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