Kansas
Leavenworth Missouri River levee and steamboat landing
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: clay pipe bowls, military brass and buttons from Fort Leavenworth freighting traffic, and dropped coins along the graded riverfront..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Missouri River (west bank); Fort Leavenworth immediately upstream
First city in Kansas Territory and a major Missouri River port and overland-freight outfitting hub; the platted riverfront in the 1883 Sanborn coverage marks the densest early-deposit zone.
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