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Genoa, NV

Carson Valley trading post at the Sierra base

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1850s-1900s trading-post.

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Carson Valley / Genoa Creek

Nevada's oldest settlement with Sanborn coverage and a live creek and valley setting is a deep, early bottle-era lead.

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