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St. Deroin Missouri River ferry town
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Trade beads
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Large cents, ferry hardware.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (CC BY 4.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1853-1920 trading post and river ferry town
St. Deroin grew around Joseph Deroin's trading post on the Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation, ran a Missouri River ferry from 1854 and peaked near 200 residents with about 20 businesses. A river course change, a bypassing railroad and repeated floods emptied it by 1920.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Missouri River floodplain
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