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Winnemucca, NV

Humboldt River freight and rail town

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also 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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