Illinois
Moline, Rock Island County Mississippi River city
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: Implement and plow-works foundry debris from the John Deere district.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mississippi River
Heavy plow-manufacturing town; old factory and worker-housing lots along the river hold industrial and household refuse.
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