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Frankville B&O railroad and sawmill 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: Large cents, Indian Head cents, sawmill parts, 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
1850s-1910s sawmill and railroad settlement
A mountain settlement with a post office before 1853, two sawmills and 17 houses in 1856, and later a B&O station. Former governor Francis Thomas was killed by a train here in 1876, and residents were still recorded in 1912.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
railroad right-of-way, steep terrain
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