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Splitrock logging company town
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, 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
1899-1907 logging camp and company town
Company town of the Split Rock Lumber Company, where about 350 men cut pine and a 10-mile railroad dumped logs at the river mouth for rafting to Duluth. Logging stopped in 1906 once the timber was gone and the town and railroad were dismantled the next year.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Lake Superior shoreline, cold water
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