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Russian Molokan homestead colony
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, household items.
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
1914-1917 Molokan dry-farming colony
A short-lived farm colony of Spiritual Christians from Russia who bought land in 1914 from a company that badly oversold its quality. Repeated crop failures emptied it between 1915 and 1917.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open wells, remote
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