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Sioux Falls (Big Sioux River falls)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: and privy-pit fill behind the earliest Phillips Avenue business blocks shown on the 1883 sheets..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Big Sioux River at the falls; early quarry and mill district on the river
Built around the water power of the falls and the Sioux quartzite quarries; the earliest Sanborn shows the compact riverside settlement before the 1880s boom filled in.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.