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Clements, CA

Upper Mokelumne River rail-and-river town

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1880s-1910s saloon.

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mokelumne River

An 1888 Sanborn confirms a developed shipping point on the Mokelumne, a small river town whose bank dumps and privies hold intact bottle-era glass.

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