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Cosmopolis, WA

Grays Harbor mill town

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1890s-1910s single-mill company-town saloon.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Grays Harbor (Chehalis River)

A Sanborn of a compact mill company town on the Chehalis just above Grays Harbor concentrates a whole workforce's bottle-era refuse on a short waterfront.

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