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Juno ranch supply and stage town

Ghost town Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, cartridge cases, spurs and horse tack.

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), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s-1984 ranch supply and stage stop

Juno grew in the 1880s as a ranching supply center 48 miles north-northwest of Del Rio, with a hotel, store, cafe, blacksmith, school and stage line by 1901. It peaked at 80 people in 1964, the post office closed in 1975 and the last business in 1984.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote desert, heat, rattlesnakes

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