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Kelton Central Pacific section station
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: horseshoes, saloon items, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1869-1942 transcontinental railroad and stage town
Settled by Central Pacific crews in April 1869, Kelton boomed as the railhead for the Kelton Freight Road and Wells Fargo stages to Idaho, with hotels and a row of saloons. It declined after the 1880s and the 1904 Lucin Cutoff, and ended when the rails were pulled for scrap in World War II.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, collapsing trestles
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