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Harrison, ID

Lake Coeur d'Alene mill and steamer town

Lake shore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1890s to 1900s sawmill town saloon.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1900s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Lake Coeur d'Alene at the Coeur d'Alene River

A 1901 Sanborn documents a busy lumber and steamboat town on the lake at the Coeur d'Alene River mouth, and its crowded working lakefront is a strong bottle-era lead.

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