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Ruddock cypress mill town on stilts
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: 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).
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Why this spot
1892-1915 cypress sawmill town
A Ruddock Cypress Company mill town built on stilts over the swamp between Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain, with about 700 people in 1910, raised boardwalks, a commissary, church, school, depot and a locomotive shop. The 1915 New Orleans hurricane destroyed it, killing 58 people in Ruddock and nearby Frenier.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
swamp, alligators, snakes, deep mud
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