Explore / North America / Nevada
Nevada
Metropolis Mormon farm colony ruins
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, wheat cents, Buffalo nickels, cartridge cases.
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
1910-1950 irrigation colony town
Promoted farm town built by the Pacific Reclamation Company with a hotel, school, depot and amusement hall, and about 700 mostly Mormon settlers. It failed after a lawsuit blocked use of the Bishop Creek water, jackrabbits and drought ruined the wheat, and the company went bankrupt in 1920; it was a ghost town by 1950.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable ruins, remote
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