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Gebo Owl Creek coal town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Barber, Wheat cents, miners' lamp parts, cartridge cases.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1907-1938 coal mining town
Coal town founded in 1907 by Samuel Gebo's Owl Creek Coal Company alongside the camps of Crosby and Kirby, briefly the largest town in the county with over 2,000 people in the area. Mining ended in 1938.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
mine openings, rattlesnakes
Keep exploring nearby
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