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Pinkney City Fort Colville civilian town

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Also reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases and bullets, trade items, 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).

Why this spot

1859-1882 army-post trading town

Civilian town that grew beside the U.S. Army's Fort Colville from 1859, an important trading center and county seat from 1860. When the fort was abandoned in 1882 most businesses moved three miles to present-day Colville.View source →

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