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St. Joseph, MO

Missouri River outfitting, brewery and whiskey city

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: 1850s-1900s brewery, whiskey, druggist.

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

A wealthy outfitting and wholesale-liquor city on the Missouri with deep Sanborn coverage is one of the richest embossed-bottle grounds in the state.

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