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Manhattan Kansas River and Big Blue confluence

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Kansas River at the Big Blue River confluence

New England Emigrant Aid settlement of 1855 at the Kaw and Big Blue confluence; the 1885 Sanborn coverage frames the early riverfront core.

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