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Alamosa, CO

Rio Grande valley rail town

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1880s to 1900s saloon, druggist.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Rio Grande

An early narrow-gauge rail town squarely on the Rio Grande with confirmed Sanborn coverage is a solid valley bottle lead.

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