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Voltage Malheur Lake homestead settlement

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Barber and Mercury dimes), horseshoes, stove and wagon parts, cartridge cases, bottles and jar lids.

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).

Why this spot

1908-1933 homestead post office settlement

Homestead settlement on the south shore of Malheur Lake with a post office from 1908 to 1933, named by a postmaster who mistakenly hoped the river could power the basin. It once had a store and a school district.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote, mosquitoes, flooding

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