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Benton City stage road town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head cents, Liberty Seated and Seated dimes, Masonic pins, cotton gin parts.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1840s-1880s stage road and cotton town
Benton City grew from the 1840s on the Old San Antonio Road and by 1880 had three cotton gins, a hotel, stores, a newspaper, a sawmill, a livery, churches, a Masonic lodge and a school, with stage service. The railroad went to nearby Lytle in the 1880s, the stage line ended and the school was consolidated, and the town faded away.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
standing ruin, road traffic
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