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Fort Gibbon Yukon River army post

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Also reported: insignia, cartridge cases from Krag and Springfield rifles, bottles.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1899-1923 U.S. Army post and telegraph station

Army post built in 1899 near Tanana to keep order during the gold rush and watch river trade, later a station on the WAMCATS telegraph line and then a wireless station. Infantry companies rotated through until it closed in 1923.View source →

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