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Halfway "Little Juarez" bootlegger strip
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Old bottlesAlso reported: Wheat cents, Mercury dimes, Buffalo nickels, cartridge cases.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1915-1925 roadhouse and Prohibition-era strip
Lawless crossroads cluster of saloons, gambling joints and dance halls between Marion and Herrin, a Prohibition destination where gangster Charlie Birger ran a joint. Klan raids in 1923 and 1924 and arson fires destroyed the buildings, the last in October 1924.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
highway traffic
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