Nebraska
North Platte (forks of the Platte)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottlesPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Platte River at the junction of the North Platte and South Platte rivers
A famous 1866 to 1867 Union Pacific end-of-track 'hell on wheels' town at the forks of the Platte, then a permanent division point; rich early saloon and rail deposits.
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