Fort Dodge (Des Moines River)

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea pottery

Codd and soda bottles

Old bottles

Also reported: gypsum-plant refuse, embossed druggists along the river bench.

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Des Moines River gypsum-and-clay town on the upper river; historic mill and quarry landings