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Sherbrooke former Steele County seat

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Indian Head and Lincoln cents, Barber and Mercury dimes, Liberty and Buffalo nickels, religious medals, horseshoes, Seated and Barber silver.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1885-1919 county seat town

Steele County seat from 1885 to 1919, known for the Sherbrooke House Hotel where President McKinley reportedly stayed in 1896. Off the railroad and rivers, it lost a 1918 vote and a Supreme Court fight, and the seat moved to Finley in 1919.View source →

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