Kansas
Missouri River channel-migration fields (KC-St. Joseph)
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Wreck timberAlso reported: [doc from Arabia/Bertrand] Entire cargo classes: Hostetter's-type bitters, champagnes, cathedral pickles, boots, crockery - museum-grade when it hits..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS photo (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Steamboat-cargo era; 400+ wrecks, most now under farmland
Arabia (1856) and Bertrand (1865) prove the model: whole cargo holds of bitters, champagnes, case gin - excavated from FARM FIELDS via landowner deals.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Serious excavation logistics (Arabia dig went 45 ft downDewatering).
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