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Three Forks, MT

Missouri headwaters rail and trade town

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1900s-1910s railroad.

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

Why this spot

1910s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Missouri River headwaters (Jefferson, Madison, Gallatin)

Sanborn coverage confirms a rail town at the Missouri headwaters, a long-used river junction where bottle-era discard collects near the water.

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