Charcoal Kilns
About 5 miles south of I-80 Exit 24

Located at Piedmont, southeast of Evanston and Hilliard, south of Evanston. Wood was turned into coke and used by the Union Pacific Railroad for its steam engines. At Piedmont, treasure hunters still dig the area for the loot Butch Cassidy supposedly buried there.

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