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Wheat farm community taken for the Manhattan Project
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large cents, Indian Head cents, farm tools, 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
1846-1942 farming community
A farming community called Bald Hill from 1846 and Wheat from 1880, with churches, a seminary that became Roane College, stores and a Masonic lodge. The federal government bought the land in 1942 for the Manhattan Project.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
controlled federal reservation
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