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Palestine first Lawrence County seat
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large cents, early half dimes and half dimes, ceramic sherds.
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
1818-1825 county seat on the White River
County seat founded in 1818 on a bluff over the White River, proposed as state capital and home to 600 to 700 people in 1820 with a stone-founded courthouse. Malaria drove people away and the seat moved to Bedford in 1825.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
bluff edge
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