Explore / / North Dakota
North Dakota
Mandan (Missouri River, opposite Bismarck near Fort Lincoln)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: and rail/machine hardware near the NP shops and the Missouri bank; privies and dumps behind the early Main Street blocks on the Sanborn..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
.jpg){kind=link}
.JPG){kind=link}
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Missouri River
Founded 1879 as the Northern Pacific crossed the Missouri; sits directly across from Bismarck and just upriver from Fort Abraham Lincoln, a rich military-frontier context.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.