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Montana
Lombard Missouri River railroad interchange
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso 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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