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Lawrence Kansas River riverfront and old wards

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
MarblesMarbles

Also reported: and burned-layer artifacts tied to the 1863 Quantrill raid, plus Free-State and Civil War era small finds..

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Kansas River (Kaw), south bank

Free-State stronghold sacked in 1856 and burned by Quantrill in 1863; the riverfront and adjacent old wards in the 1883 Sanborn are high-interest deposit zones.

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