Illinois
Quincy, Adams County Mississippi River port
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: stove-foundry slag.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mississippi River
Deep pre-1900 Sanborn coverage; the bluff riverfront and old brewery grounds are the best privy and dump zones.
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