Arkansas
Helena (Phillips County)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: buttons, coins and Civil War era ordnance from the 1863 fortifications..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mississippi River
One of the strongest leads in the state: pre-Civil-War river commerce plus a large 1880s built-out town. Bank erosion regularly exposes old riverfront strata.
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