Michigan
Saginaw (Saginaw River lumber boomtown)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: sawmill and dock debris along both banks..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Saginaw River, main lumber-district waterway
The earliest LOC sheet is labeled the lumber district; work the riverfront commercial blocks and old mill sites.
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