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Purcell (Canadian River railhead, Chickasaw side)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: The Canadian River crossing and railroad landing between Purcell and Lexington, and rail-era metal in eroding sandbars and cutbanks..

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

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Canadian River

Paired with Lexington across the Canadian; a busy border crossing between the Chickasaw Nation and the Unassigned Lands.

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