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Wichita Arkansas and Little Arkansas confluence cowtown

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: cartridge cases, and Chisholm Trail era small finds near Delano and the old crossings..

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Arkansas River at the Little Arkansas River confluence

End-of-Chisholm-Trail cowtown at the two-river confluence; the 1884 Sanborn footprint captures the boomtown core and Delano across the river.

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