LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- There could be up to 700 graves underneath a local ballpark, and now we are learning about exactly who is buried there.

WDRB spoke with officials who revealed fascinating artifacts and the plans the city has for the property.

It is just your ordinary ballpark, with ordinary bases, and a plain old ordinary field. What lies beneath, however, is extraordinary. "They did find human remains. We do know burials are here for sure, they estimate the number between 350-700," said city attorney Tom Lowe.

The Colston Park in Jeffersonville Indiana used to be the city cemetery in the 1800s. Lowe says, "We have a former Kentucky congressman who was buried here who became the Indiana Territorial Judge. We have a revolutionary soldier who was buried here that was friends with Lafayette."

Steamboat inventor Robert Fulton has a cousin buried here. "The cemetery reads like a who's who of early Jeffersonville," said Lowe. It is even the resting place to soldiers from the Civil and Revolutionary wars.

If you take a look across the street from the ballpark, you will notice construction where the Big 4 pedestrian bridge will end up, making the ballpark prime real estate. "A $10 million dollar is being redone to bring people from Louisville to Jeffersonville," said Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore, "and this is right at the footsteps of it."

Commercial, residential, or green space, these options will be explored with input from the city council, the public, and historians. "My first instincts are I'd like to put something aesthetically pleasing but also produces revenue," Moore expressed.

Because of talk of redevelopment, archaeologists started digging late last year to find out more about what's below. Besides graves, foundations of homes, old alleyways, and different artifacts were also found, such as ceramic plates, money, and medallions.

If the space is developed, hundreds of graves may need to be moved. "A lot of it's going to depend on the cost or if that is too astronomical, we'll have to look at other options," said Moore.

That might mean leaving it green. Discussions will start up soon after the Big 4 Bridge is finished in April.

The city attorney says more than likely there will have to be another archaeological dig and study before any dirt is turned.

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