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Belle Fontaine Old Pensacola Road stage stop
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: horse tack, kaolin pipe fragments, stoneware, early bottle glass, Civil War era 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
colonial era to 1890 stage stop and supper stand
A settlement on the Old Pensacola Road between Mobile and Pensacola, shown on maps from 1775, whose log stage stop and supper stand served travelers from at least 1825. A railroad grade reached it in 1861 before the war halted work, residents were evacuated by Confederate forces, and the settlement later gave way to Hamilton and Gateswood.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
marshy ground, snakes
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