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St. Maries, ID

St. Joe River lumber town

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1900s to 1910s lumber town saloon, log ponds and old landing.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1900s+ Sanborn-mapped town on St. Joe River at the St. Maries River

A 1905 Sanborn documents a built out lumber town at the St. Joe and St. Maries river junction, and a busy working river frontage makes a solid bottle-era lead.

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