Illinois
Pekin, Tazewell County Illinois River town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: cooperage and barrel debris.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Illinois River
Distilling and cooperage town just downriver of Peoria; the riverfront industrial belt is the primary search area.
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