Nevada
Winnemucca, NV
Humboldt River freight and rail town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: 1870s-1900s freighting, saloon.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Humboldt River
Pre-1900 Sanborn coverage of a major Humboldt River freight and railroad town flags a dense, long-lived commercial refuse zone by the river.
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