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Stevensville, MT

Oldest Bitterroot Valley town on the Bitterroot River

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1860s-1900s mission.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1900s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Bitterroot River

Sanborn coverage plus the valley's oldest settlement on the Bitterroot make the riverbank margins a long-occupied bottle-era lead.

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