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Fleetwood Cougar Valley homestead ghost town

Ghost town Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Barber and Mercury dimes), horseshoes, stove and wagon parts, cartridge cases, bottles and jar lids.

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

1911-1920s high-desert homestead town

Commercial center for Cougar Valley homesteaders, started around 1911 around a store run by the Fleet family; post office from 1913. Drought cut the population after 1920 and the school closed in 1929.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote, extreme heat and cold

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