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Ioland first Day County seat

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

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: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases.

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

1890-1910s county seat and ranch town

Ioland was the seat of Day County from about 1890 with a store, hotel, courthouse and homes, until the courthouse burned in 1893 and the seat moved to Grand. It lingered as a small community into the 1910s.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote, rattlesnakes

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