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Plum Grove prairie trade town 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: Indian Head cents, horseshoes.
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
1870-1889 prairie post office town
Plum Grove began as a homestead post office in 1870 and moved west to wait for a railroad, peaking at 60 to 100 people with general stores, a drug store, boarding house, blacksmith and saw mill. Three railroads in turn bypassed it, the post office closed in 1888 and most lots were empty by 1889.View source →
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