Indiana
Michigan City, LaPorte County
Lake shore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Crystals and minerals
Old bottlesAlso reported: and stoneware around the harbor, Trail Creek banks and old lakefront commercial lots..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of Trail Creek
Indiana's only Lake Michigan port and a busy harbor and manufacturing town, so harbor fill and creek-side privies are prime but the public-trust shoreline is tightly regulated.
Keep exploring nearby
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