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The record of 1880

The dossiers whose walls went up in 1880 — ordered by the weight of what has been filed, not by when the stories caught up. Part of the 1880s.

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

Former hotel in Union Springs; research record.

Saloon built over the Grand Hotel’s foundations—still haunted, per lore, by its swamper.

1880s frontier hotel that hosted Butch Cassidy and Teddy Roosevelt.

Pennsylvania’s 1880 state hospital—still partially active, still storied.

The 1880 asylum that never quite closed—and the tunnels beneath.

Johnny Cash’s 1968 concert prison—still active, still grim.