Idaho
Hailey, ID
Wood River silver district seat
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: 1880s to 1890s saloon, druggist.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Big Wood River
An 1885 Sanborn shows a fully built out silver district town on the Big Wood River, so its dense boom era commercial core and river bank make a top pre 1900 lead.
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