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Palo Alto antebellum village and Grierson's Raid skirmish site
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large cents, Civil War cavalry bullets, carbine and pistol rounds, 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
1846-1898 antebellum village
A prosperous antebellum village with an academy, a carriage factory, a general store and an inn, and the site of an April 1863 cavalry skirmish during Grierson's Raid. It was absorbed into Abbott after the war and the post office closed in 1898.View source →
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