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Verendrye Great Northern water-stop town

Ghost town Documented sitePermission required

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

1912-1970 railroad coal and water stop

Railroad town founded in 1912 as Falsen by Norwegian and German-Russian settlers, renamed in 1925, with about 100 people in 1938. Diesel locomotives ended its water and coal stops; the post office closed in 1965 and the last residents left in 1970.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

active railroad

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