Idaho
Pocatello, ID
Portneuf River railroad hub
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: 1890s to 1900s saloon, bottling works.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Portneuf River (Snake River tributary)
An 1892 Sanborn shows a booming rail junction on the Portneuf, and a big transient railroad population beside the river is a classic recipe for dense bottle-era dumps.
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