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New York
Trapps mountain hamlet on the Shawangunk Ridge
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: large cents, hand tools, ceramic sherds.
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
late 1700s-1956 subsistence farming and forest-products hamlet
Ridge-top settlement whose families practiced subsistence farming and worked in forest-products trades, later taking jobs at nearby mountain resorts; the last resident died in 1956. The 433-acre district was listed on the National Register in 2000.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
cliffs, highway crossing
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