Illinois
Old Shawneetown, Gallatin County Ohio River town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: Early hand-blown glass, salt-works crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Ohio River
The historic town on the river was largely abandoned after the 1937 flood when the town moved inland, leaving deep buried deposits at the old site.
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