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Grand Junction, CO

Colorado River valley rail hub

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1880s to 1910s saloon, druggist.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Colorado River (at the Gunnison confluence)

A valley rail hub at the Colorado-Gunnison confluence with Sanborn coverage offers broad early bottle ground along the river.

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