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Sixteen Milwaukee Road station village
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Wheat cents, 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
1890s railroad construction camp and ranch station
Station stop in Sixteen Mile Canyon that served as base camp for Montana Railroad construction crews in 1895 and later as a community center for ranchers on the Milwaukee Road main line. The post office closed in 1944 and the railroad was abandoned in 1980; fewer than ten people live there.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote canyonRattlesnakes, occupied homes
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