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Chaumont Mammoth Cave farm village
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, 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
late 1800s to 1938 farm village
A farm village with a grist mill, general store, post office, church, school, blacksmith shop and a few dozen homes. Its land was bought or condemned for Mammoth Cave National Park in the 1930s and residents were moved out by 1938.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
caves and sinkholes
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