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Historian traces Morgantown ghost town, mills and depot remains in Morgan Township talk
Summary
At the Morgan Township Historical Society’s April meeting, BJ Miller presented archival maps, field finds and oral histories documenting the former village of Morgantown, local mills and a railroad depot site, and pointed to artifacts and foundations that may help guide preservation or further research.
BJ Miller, of the Salty Dog Museum in Shandon, told attendees at the Morgan Township Historical Society’s April meeting that maps, oral histories and fieldwork point to a once‑active settlement called Morgantown that later disappeared from local maps.
Miller said the settlement appeared on maps through 1930 and remained visible in some sources until about 1958. He reported teams locating parts of an old roadbed, a probable log‑house foundation and pieces of domestic hardware and nails that suggest a small 19th‑century community once stood there. Miller also showed photographs and maps indicating two mills at the site, a siding and a depot that he and collaborators located by matching historic photos to surviving features such as rail ties and telephone poles.
Why it matters: Miller framed the work as local history that can help residents identify heritage sites and inform potential preservation.…
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