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Grand old Day County seat

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: cartridge cases, 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).

Why this spot

1893-1908 county seat, post office to 1943

Grand became the seat of Day County in 1893 after the Ioland courthouse burned and kept it until Arnett won the Ellis County seat in 1908. The town faded after that and its post office closed in 1943.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote, rattlesnakes

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