Explore / North America / Midwest
Midwest, Illinois
Cairo IL
Dead Gilded-Age city
Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottlesAlso reported: whiskies, steamboat-era imports..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Confluence boom city, 15,000 people down to 1,600; whole commercial blocks demolished
Context documented; finds not - the best evidence-free upside in America.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
SERIOUS: an IL bottle digger died in a collapse in 2022 - deep Delta alluvium is unstable
Shore everything
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