Arizona
Phoenix Salt River townsite
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: and hotel and saloon glass in filled privy shafts..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Salt River
Earliest LOC Sanborn of 1889; most of the old townsite is now under modern downtown, so intact ground is rare and access driven.
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