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Piedmont Union Pacific tie and charcoal town

Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

Also reported: Indian Head cents, bottles.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).

Why this spot

1867-1910 railroad wood, water and charcoal station

Railroad tie, water and charcoal station founded about 1867 by Mormon pioneers Moses Byrne and Charles Guild, which never exceeded about twenty homes. It declined after the Union Pacific opened a bypass line around 1910.View source →

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Hazards noted for this site.

unstable ruins, remote

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