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Elgin, Kane County Fox River city

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Fox River

Watchmaking and dairy town on the Fox; milk and pharmacy bottles are the signature finds in the riverfront privies.

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