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Lombard Missouri River railroad interchange

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Also reported: Barber, Indian Head and Wheat cents, tie plates and lamp 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).

Why this spot

1895-1950s railroad terminus and coking station

Western terminus of the Montana Railroad founded in 1895 at its interchange with the Northern Pacific, later a Milwaukee Road interchange, with an early 20th century coking works. It shrank through the 1900s, the post office closed in 1957 and it was deserted when the Milwaukee line was abandoned in 1980.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

river bankCollapsing ovens, rattlesnakes

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