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Ingleby railroad resort and lumber stop

Ghost town Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Also reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, horse tack, bottles.

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), Unknown (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s-1970 lumber flag stop and mountain resort

Flag station on the Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad along Penns Creek where Dr. Frank Barker bought 500 acres in the 1880s for lumber, orchards and horses and opened a health resort, then sold cottage and hunting camp lots. The railroad through Ingleby was abandoned in 1970.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

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