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Sturgis (Bear Butte Creek)
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: clay pipes, and privy fill behind the earliest business blocks the 1885 sheet shows..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Bear Butte Creek below Fort Meade on the northeast Black Hills front
Grew up as the wide-open 'Scooptown' beside the Fort Meade cavalry post; the earliest Sanborn documents the garrison-era saloon and store row on the creek.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.