Kansas
Fort Scott Marmaton River frontier fort town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: cartridge and percussion-era relics, stoneware, and back-lot privy fill near the old fort and river..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Marmaton River, north and east of the city
Grew from an 1842 military post on the Marmaton and served as a Civil War supply town; the 1884 Sanborn coverage frames the built-up core.
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