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Plattsmouth (Platte and Missouri confluence)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: plus Burlington railroad shop-worker household refuse in privies near the bluffs above the landing..

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Missouri River just below the mouth of the Platte River

Founded at the strategic Platte-Missouri confluence and an early Burlington and Missouri River Railroad hub; combines river-landing and rail-shop refuse.

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