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Arbacoochee Alabama gold rush camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Large cents, half dimes, mining tools, pick heads, cut nails, pipe bowls, early bottle glass, horse tack.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1832-1850 gold rush camp, post office to 1904
Gold found in 1832 turned this Creek village site into a mining town that reportedly held over 5,000 people by 1845, with about twenty stores, five saloons, two hotels and a race track. Most of the population left for the California Gold Rush and only a few families stayed on.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine pits and prospect holes, snakes
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