Illinois
Sterling, Whiteside County Rock River town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: milling debris.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Rock River
Waterpower manufacturing town on the Rock; the dam, race, and factory lots concentrate industrial and household refuse.
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