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Saginaw (Saginaw River lumber boomtown)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also 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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