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Pocatello, ID

Portneuf River railroad hub

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, 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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