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Bridal Veil Columbia Gorge mill town

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

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: Indian Head and Lincoln cents, Barber and Mercury dimes, cartridge cases, bottles.

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

1886-1988 company lumber town

Company mill town founded in 1886 by the Bridal Veil Falls Lumbering Company, linked by a log flume to the logging camp of Palmer up Larch Mountain. Later it made cheese boxes for Kraft and had about 100 residents; the mill ran until 1988.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

steep slopesHighway and railroad traffic

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