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Hutchinson Arkansas River salt city

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: salt-works and industrial hardware, and 1880s to 1900 glass along the old commercial frontage..

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Arkansas River (north bank)

Salt-mining and rail town on the Arkansas; the 1884 Sanborn coverage marks the early built-up zone near the river and tracks.

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