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Temvik prairie elevator town

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Indian Head and Lincoln cents, Barber and Mercury dimes, Liberty and Buffalo nickels, religious medals, horseshoes.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1904-1960s grain elevator town

Town founded in 1904 as Godkin and renamed Temvik in 1911 when it merged with rival Templeton, with a school, several grain elevators and about 200 people early on. It had about 45 residents in 1960 and the post office closed in 1968.View source →

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