Iowa
Iowa City (Iowa River)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Codd and soda bottlesAlso reported: Union Brewery and other brewery blob-tops, embossed druggists, and early capital-era domestic glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Iowa River at the first state capital; historic dam, mill, and university-town riverfront
First state capital with a documented stoneware pottery trade; earliest LOC Sanborn edition read is 1883, among the state's earliest.
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