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Fairmont (Marion County)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Coal and glass town at the river forks.

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Monongahela River

1884 LOC Sanborn confirms an early bottle-era town at the head of the Monongahela.

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