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Payette, ID

Payette and Snake River rail town

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1890s to 1900s saloon.

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

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Payette River near the Snake River

An 1893 Sanborn shows a built out rail and river town at the lower Payette near its mouth on the Snake, giving a well defined pre 1900 core beside the water.

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