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Description: Adamsville Ghost Town Marker. Adamsville was a farming town founded in 1870 by Fred Adams. The town had stores, homes, a post office and a flour mill and water tanks. In 1900 the Gila River overflowed and wiped out most of the town. Those who survived the flood moved to the town of Florence. The inscription on the marker reads as follows: “In the 1870's, a flour mill and a few stores formed the hub of life in Adamsville, where shootings and knifings were commonplace, and life was one of the cheapest commodities. Most of the adobe houses have been washed away by the flooding Gila River”. .Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, reference #10000114. Plaque: Photo:
Title: Florence-Adamsville Ghost Town-1870-Marker
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Author: Tony the Marine (talk)
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