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Conover railhead boomtown
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1864-1870 railhead boomtown, faded to 1916
Platted in two weeks in 1864 when the McGregor Western Railroad arrived, Conover had over 200 buildings and 32 saloons by 1865, 1,200 to 1,500 people by 1866, and the first Cargill grain business. The terminal moved to Calmar in 1869 and a fire followed; most lots were cropland by 1870 and the post office closed in 1916.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active or former railroad right of way
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