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Calabasas mission, presidio and fort site
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: lead balls, horse tack, religious medals, 1860s cartridges (only where legal).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1756-1878 Spanish mission, Mexican presidio and US fort
Settled as Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas in 1756, raided repeatedly by Apaches, later a Mexican presidio (1837) and ranch, and during the Civil War era the site of Fort Mason. The mission was a roofless ruin by 1878.View source →
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