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Moneka free-state town site
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: 1850s large and small cents, lead balls, percussion caps.
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).
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Why this spot
1857-1865 Bleeding Kansas free-state town
Moneka was founded by abolitionists in 1857 with an academy and a hotel used by free-state leaders, and John Brown stayed at Augustus Wattles' home there in 1858 and 1859. The town reached about 200 people in 1858, then dwindled and was abandoned around 1864 or 1865.View source →
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