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Washington
Skagit City river-landing ghost town
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, 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).
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Why this spot
1869-1940s steamboat landing and trade town
River transport hub that grew around Barker's Trading Post from 1869, where logjams stopped steamers, with a church, hotels, a school and a saloon. Once the jams were cleared, trade moved upriver to Mount Vernon; one store was left by 1906 and the town was gone soon after World War II.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
river current, flooding
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