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Phillips Panhandle refinery town
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Wheat cents, Mercury and Roosevelt dimes, Buffalo nickels, school class rings, toys.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1920s-1980s oil refinery company town
Pantex and Whittenburg merged in 1938 as Phillips, named for the Phillips Petroleum Company, and peaked at 4,250 people in 1947. After a 1980 refinery explosion the company bought the ranch land under the homes and forced the residents out, and the remaining houses were moved or leveled.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active refineryIndustrial site security
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