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Nebraska City (Missouri River freighting town)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: patent medicines.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Missouri River, on the west bank at the historic steamboat landing

One of the busiest 1860s Missouri River freighting and steamboat ports in the territory, feeding the Oregon and California trail traffic; dense early domestic and commercial deposits.

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