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Antioch potash boomtown
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Wheat and Indian Head cents, Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1917-1921 World War I potash boomtown
Five potash plants drew water from Sandhills alkaline lakes at Antioch during World War I, swelling the hamlet to over 5,000 people by spring 1918. Cheaper German and French potash returned in 1921, the plants closed at once, and machinery, buildings and company housing were scrapped or moved.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
alkaline lake shores, remote Sandhills
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