Illinois
Aurora, Kane County Fox River city
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: household glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Fox River
Manufacturing city built around Fox River islands; the mill-race and island lots are dense with late-1800s refuse.
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