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Raton (Willow Creek and Canadian drainage)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Coal and railroad town below Raton Pass: 1880s applied-lip beers, bitters, and coal-camp glass near the depot, coke ovens, and creek dumps..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Willow Creek (Canadian River drainage)

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