Kansas
Arkansas City Arkansas and Walnut confluence land-run town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: cartridge cases, saloon glass, and riverbank dumps near the confluence where thousands massed for the run..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Arkansas River at the Walnut River confluence
Primary staging point for the 1893 Cherokee Strip land run at the two-river confluence; the 1884 Sanborn coverage predates the run and marks the early core.
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