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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 bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also 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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