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La Grange

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Also reported: River-crossing and ferry-landing dumps along the Colorado with strong German and Czech mercantile material, blob-top beers.

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on The Colorado River, at the crossing below the bluff town

Colorado River crossing at the heart of the German-Czech settlement belt; the immigrant merchant trade produced distinctive bottle-era deposits.

Keep exploring nearby

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