Buck"s Patch, Dark Corner, Byrnesvillle, Germantown ....Columbia County Ghost towns

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Buck"s Patch, Dark Corner, Byrnesvillle, Germantown ....Columbia County Ghost towns

The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.), 03 Aug. 1883.


Buck's Patch : above Big Mine Run. Between Ashland and Centralia, east of Centralia. Served by St. Ignatius Church. This patch no longer exists. The Reilly family was the last family to live here.

The evening herald. (Shenandoah, Pa.), 10 June 1896.

 

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The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.), 09 May 1901.
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Dark Corners : near Centralia; no longer exists

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The evening herald. (Shenandoah, Pa.), 01 March 1894.

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Byrnesville : between Centralia and Ashland, a victim of the Centralia minefire. ghost town

Domino Effect

The evening herald. (Shenandoah, Pa.), 18 Feb. 1896.
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The evening herald. (Shenandoah, Pa.), 27 Feb. 1896.
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The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.), 02 March 1877.



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