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Hamilton, MT

Bitterroot River lumber and orchard town

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1890s-1910s sawmill.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1900s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Bitterroot River

Sanborn coverage documents a company-built mill town on the Bitterroot, where mill and saloon trade left bottle-era glass near the water.

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