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Ellaville Suwannee River sawmill town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head cents, turpentine cups and tools, 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).
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Why this spot
1861-1942 sawmill and railroad town
Founded in 1861 by George F. Drew, later governor, at the joining of the Suwannee and Withlacoochee rivers, Ellaville grew to about 1,000 people around a mill employing over 500, with a station, steamboat dock, schools and commissary. The mill burned in 1898, timber ran short, floods and the Depression followed, and the post office closed in 1942.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
river floodingAbandoned bridge, alligators
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