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Nebraska

Central City (Platte River valley town)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Platte River, on the north bank of the central Platte valley

Originally the trail-era Lone Tree station, it became the Merrick County seat and a Union Pacific trade town in the central Platte valley.

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