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Kosmo rail spur and potash camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head and wheat cents, Barber and Mercury dimes, horseshoes, household items.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1901-1920s rail spur and World War I potash works
A ranch shipping spur on the first transcontinental railroad from 1901, joined in 1912 by a potash works with ponds, canals, bunkhouses, a store and blacksmith; it had about 200 people in 1925. The 1934 Hansel Valley earthquake damaged its buildings.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, salt flats
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