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Ouray, CO

Uncompahgre box-canyon camp

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1880s to 1900s saloon, hot-springs.

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

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Uncompahgre River

A hemmed-in resort and mining town on a river with Sanborn coverage funnels refuse into a small, findable footprint.

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