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Dodge City Arkansas River Front Street cowtown

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: cartridge cases, buffalo-hunter camp relics, and 1870s to 1890s glass along the old business row and the river bank..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Arkansas River (north bank)

Buffalo-hide and cattle-trade boomtown by Fort Dodge on the Arkansas; the 1884 Sanborn coverage captures Front Street and the river-frontage core.

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