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Lost Cove Nolichucky Gorge railroad hamlet
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, Barber and Mercury dimes, still parts, logging tools.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
about 1860-1957 logging and railroad hamlet
A mountain settlement above the Nolichucky River with about 100 people at its height, 13 to 15 houses, two sawmills and a chapel that doubled as a school, living on logging, the railroad, moonshine and farming. When the trains stopped and no road was built, people drifted away until the last family left in 1957.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep remote hikeActive railroad, river gorge
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