Montana
Great Falls, MT
Missouri River falls, smelter and refining city
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1880s-1910s smelter-worker.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Missouri River
Sanborn maps document dense early blocks beside the Missouri, and a smelter workforce generated heavy bottle discard near the water.
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