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Apparently still commonly exists, likely zizania aquatica. Just not referred to as a rice anymore would be my guess.

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But back to the dead workers, supposedly a lot of them died in the Montezuma Swamp. There were no railroads to ship their bodies home, no area newspapers to report on working conditions & deaths. So maybe they were buried on site? If so, there should be a marker for them.