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California, Arizona

Picacho

Colorado River gold port (do not collect)

Riverbank Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: (observe only).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1890-1910

[doc-history] 1890s steamboat-landing gold town of ~2,500, well documented.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Extreme remoteness and heat

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