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Cloverdale, CA

Head-of-valley Russian River town

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1870s-1900s railhead hotel.

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Russian River

An 1885 Sanborn marks an early Russian River railhead town, the combination of pre-1900 coverage and a live river points to rich bank and privy deposits.

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