Missouri
St. Charles, MO
Early Missouri River port and frontier town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: 1830s-1900s druggist, saloon, beer.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Missouri River
An early Missouri River trailhead town with intact Sanborn-mapped riverfront blocks is a strong pre-1900 bottle-era lead.
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