Kansas
Salina Smoky Hill River town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: Riverbank dumps and early privies: Butterfield stage and freighting era small finds, druggist glass embossed Salina, and household refuse near the old crossing..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Smoky Hill River, west and south of the city
Founded 1858 as a supply point on the Smoky Hill and later a Butterfield Overland route town; the 1884 Sanborn footprint marks the early built-up zone.
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