Is it legal to collect at Buford railroad construction town?

Permission required. The railroad sold the Buford site to a private buyer in 1970 and it has stayed privately owned, so owner consent is required.

What can you find at Buford railroad construction town?

1860s Seated Liberty and Indian Head coins, military buttons, cartridge cases, railroad spikes, Lincoln Highway era coins and auto parts, bottles

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Buford railroad construction town

Ghost town Documented sitePermission required

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokens

Buttons and buckles

Nails and fittings

Also reported: cartridge cases, bottles.

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

1866 railroad outpost, later highway stop

Settlement founded in 1866 as a military outpost during construction of the transcontinental railroad that shrank when the fort moved to Laramie. It kept a post office from 1900 and a school from 1905 to 1962, and its last resident left in 2012.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

interstate traffic

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