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Porter's Mills sawmill boomtown
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso 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).
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Why this spot
1863-1904 Chippewa River sawmill company town
Sawmill town on the Chippewa River below Eau Claire that by about 1890 had nearly 500 mill workers, over 1,100 residents, a school, churches, a hotel and a company store. The pine ran out, Northwestern Lumber moved operations to Stanley from 1891, the last mill was dismantled in 1899 and the town was gone by 1904.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
river banks
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