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Adamsville Gila River farm town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: mill parts, household items.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1866-1900 farm and flour mill town
Settled in 1866 by Fred Adams, it had stores, a flour mill and 400 people in 1870, making it one of the larger places in the territory, but only 39 by 1880. A Gila River flood in 1900 wiped out most of it and it was gone by 1920.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
flash floods, heat
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