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Beula Welsh colony townsite

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Large cents, ceramic sherds.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1796-1804 Welsh settlement

First Welsh settlement in the United States, founded in 1796 by Baptist minister Morgan John Rhys on 17,400 acres bought from Dr. Benjamin Rush as a Welsh-speaking colony for dissenters. It lasted until about 1804 as settlers moved to nearby Ebensburg and elsewhere.View source →

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