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Yankton (Missouri River steamboat port)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: and dump lenses on the bank downstream of the old landing and packing houses..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Missouri River, north bank; Dakota Territory head of steamboat navigation

First territorial capital and a major fur-trade and steamboat entrepot; the Sanborn sheets show the original riverfront warehouse and saloon district before the levee changed.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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