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Hanford irrigation farm town

Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

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

Why this spot

1907-1943 irrigated farm town

Farm town settled in 1907 on irrigation company land, with a rail spur from 1913 and a hotel, bank and schools by 1925. Residents got 30 days' notice in March 1943 when the government took the land for the Hanford Site.View source →

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