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Curry Alaska Railroad resort stop

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Mercury dimes, Lincoln cents, Buffalo nickels, keys.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1922-1957 railroad hotel and resort

Alaska Railroad overnight stop on the Susitna River where a hotel opened in 1923, later with a golf course, suspension bridge and ski area. Fires and a 1946 boiler explosion hit the town and the hotel burned in 1957, killing three; it was never rebuilt.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

active railroad, remote

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