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Atchafalaya railroad crossing town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, Barber and Mercury dimes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1908-1959 railroad bridge town
A town on the west bank of the Atchafalaya at the 1908 Southern Pacific crossing, with a post office from 1915. The bridge was damaged in the 1927 flood, the line was abandoned, and the last resident left in 1959.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
swamp, flooding, alligators
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