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Andrews Alvord Desert ranch-country ghost town

Ghost town Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Barber and Mercury dimes), horseshoes, stove and wagon parts, cartridge cases, bottles and jar lids.

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).

Why this spot

1890-1996 ranching post office town

Ranching settlement south of Steens Mountain with a post office from 1890 and about 150 residents at its peak. It shrank to a single house, which burned in 1996.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote, extreme heat, no services

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