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Packard Whitley County coal camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, company scrip, miners' lamp parts, tools, 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).
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Why this spot
about 1900 to mid-1940s coal camp
A coal camp for the Packard Coal Company with nearly 400 people at its height, an L&N railway station, a post office from 1908 and a company store. Labor trouble brought National Guard gun squads in 1922, and the town lasted until the coal gave out in the mid-1940s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine openings, remote hollow
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