Arkansas
Arkansas City (Desha County)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: Booming Mississippi River port and railhead of the 1880s before the 1927 flood devastated it. The old levee.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
.JPG){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mississippi River
Peaked early then declined, so 1880s to 1900s deposits are less overprinted by later building; flood layers can seal and preserve them.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.