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Appam Great Northern homestead 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

1916-1940s railroad homestead town

Railroad town founded in 1916 by mostly Scandinavian settlers where well water was prized for steam engines, with a bank, hotel, two general stores, two hardware stores and a Lutheran church; it had 113 people in 1940.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

oil-field traffic, decaying buildings

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