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Corkery Niangua River ford town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Wreck timber
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, buttons, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), NPS photo (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1860s-1944 mill, ford and tie-rafting town
Corkery grew after millwright Ed Corkery arrived in 1863, becoming a regional crossroads at a natural ford of the Niangua River, busy with timber and tie rafting; its post office ran from 1893 to 1944. A high bridge begun in 1918 was never finished, and the town died out.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
river bluffs, ruins, canoe traffic
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