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Richland Wakarusa River farm town
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, fair medals, harness hardware.
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
1854-1974 railroad and farm town
Richland grew from an 1854 claim near the Wakarusa River into a farm center of nearly 300 people in the 1890s with a bank, hotel, stores, a newspaper and an annual street fair. The Clinton Lake project emptied it; the post office closed in 1969 and the last buildings were leveled in 1974.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
seasonal flooding from Clinton LakeRuins
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