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Wyoming
Empire Black homesteader settlement
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 and Wheat 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
1908-1920s dryland homestead community
Dryland farming community founded in 1908 by African American families from Custer County, Nebraska, which peaked at about 50 residents in 1911 with a post office, Presbyterian church and school. Drought in 1919 and continuing racial violence drove its decline, and it had largely disappeared by 1930.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
private farmland, remote
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