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Benson San Pedro rail crossing

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: tobacco tins, and ranch and railroad hardware along the old depot flats and San Pedro terraces..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Wikited at English Wikipedia (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on San Pedro River

Water crossing plus freight hub for the silver camps makes for rich rail era ground; Sanborn coverage from 1886 confirms bottle era occupation.

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