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Cisco railroad water stop

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Indian Head and wheat cents, Barber and Mercury dimes, oilfield parts.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s-1970s railroad and highway town

Started in the 1880s as a saloon and water stop on the Denver and Rio Grande Western, later a livestock, sheep shearing and oil and gas supply point. It declined with the end of steam and collapsed when Interstate 70 bypassed it.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

active railroadOil and gas wells, vandalized buildings

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