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Midwest, Oklahoma
Guthrie OK
Territorial capital privies
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: land-run era relics.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Born in the 1889 Land Run and capital of Oklahoma Territory; its intact Victorian commercial district sits over pre-statehood privies
Oklahoma Territory Bottle and Relic Club digs pre-1907 privies statewide with landowner permission per Oklahoma Magazine; Guthrie is the marquee territorial town for embossed bottles
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Deep pits, buried utilities, summer heat
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