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Doris and Bethel railroad whistle-stops
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, Barber and Mercury dimes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1902-1940 railroad whistle-stop
Chicago and North Western whistle-stop laid out in 1902 with a station, stockyards, an elevator, a store, a gravel pit and a few homes, next to the Bethel church site. Its population fell to 10 by 1940 and both sites are abandoned.View source →
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