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Golden, CO

Clear Creek brewing and territorial town

Tidal foreshore 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: 1860s to 1900s saloon, brewery (early Coors).

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 Clear Creek

A very early territorial and brewing town on Clear Creek with Sanborn coverage promises unusually old, well-dated glass in undisturbed back lots.

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