Illinois
Beardstown, Cass County Illinois River town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Pork-packing house debris.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Illinois River
Packing and fishing town behind a levee; the protected riverfront blocks and packing-house grounds are the strongest areas.
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